照镜子 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

照一照镜子看看

2

该照照镜子

3

也不照照镜子

Definition

照镜子:

Literally means:

study oneself in the mirror

Actually means:

It figuratively means checking oneself by some criterion or example to understand one's drawbacks. Often used to criticize someone for overestimating himself. Derogatory.

比喻对照某种标准或榜样检查自己，看清不足之处。常用于批评某人过高地估计自己。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate. (作谓语)

1

Xuéxiào

学校

qǐng

请

le

了

yīxiē

一些

láodòngmófàn

劳动模范

lái

来

zuò

做

bàogào

报告

,

ràng

让

xuésheng

学生

zhào

照

zhàojìngzi

照镜子

,

kànkan

看看

bǎngyàng

榜样

。

The school invited some model workers to give a report and asked the students to look in the mirror and look at the example.

2

Tā

她

yě

也

bù

不

zìjǐ

自己

zhào

照

zhàojìngzi

照镜子

,

shēngāo

身高

bù

不

dào

到

yī

一

mǐ

米

liù

六

,

zěnme

怎么

néng

能

dāng

当

mótèr

模特儿

?

She doesn't look in the mirror herself, she's less than a meter and six feet tall, how can she be a model?

3

Wǒmen

我们

yīnggāi

应该

jīngcháng

经常

zhàojìngzi

照镜子

,

zhǎo

找

chājù

差距

,

cái

才

néng

能

gēng

更

hǎo

好

dì

地

jìnbù

进步

。

We should always look in the mirror and look for gaps in order to make better progress.