語感 Dictionary

他山の石

たざんのいし

lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)

Meanings

  1. Noun

    lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)Idiom

Example sentences

  • 他山たざんの石いしとする。

    The fault of another is a good teacher.