他山の石（たざんのいし）
JLPT N1 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: a lesson from others' mistakes
Example sentences
- 人の失敗を他山の石とする。 — Learn from other people's mistakes.
- この事例を他山の石として学ぶ。 — Take this case as a lesson to learn from.
Idioms & proverbs containing “他山の石”
- 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし (たざんのいしもってたまをおさむべし) — one should learn from other's mistakes; stones from other mountains can be used to polish one's own gems
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