take warning
As a warning, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is y ǐ NY ǐ w é Iji è. It means to take the lessons of others or yourself as a warning. It comes from Guoyu Chuyu II.
Analysis of Idioms
It is not enough to draw lessons from the past
The origin of Idioms
"Guoyu · Chuyu Part 2:" people's desire to hear more about good failure, to learn from it. "
Idiom usage
Complex form; as predicate, attribute and object; with commendatory meaning. Example Qian Daxin's new record of shijiazhai in Qing Dynasty: "be an ancient scholar; be a warning." Therefore, in the past seven or eight years, successive governors have been afraid to entrust other affairs. The 18th chapter of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty
take warning
give up civilian pursuits to join the army - tóu bǐ cóng róng
something which enjoys an empty name but serves no practical purpose - nán jī běi dǒu
troops more than ten times of the enemy can surround it , and troops more than five times can attack - shí wén wǔ gōng