A bad example - Hanmenkyoushi

Japanese: 反面教師 - はんめんきょうし

Someone who should be a bad example to learn from. Someone who, through their own words and actions, makes you realize that you shouldn't be like that.

[Example] The former dean of the medical school and the hospital director, who are truly examples of what not to do, are still using bureaucratic logic as a shield to get away with it. [Nosaka Akiyuki * Coward's Thoughts | 1969]

[Example] I had secretly looked up to my father as a bad example. [Lee Hui-seong * What the Dead Left | 1970]

[Explanation] From the words of Chinese politician Mao Zedong.

Source: Dictionary of Four-character Idioms About Dictionary of Four-character Idioms Information

Japanese:

悪い見本として学ぶべき人。その人自身の言動によって、こうなってはならないと悟らせてくれる人。

[使用例] まさしくわが反面教師である元医学部長と病院長は、まだ官僚的なスジ論を楯に、居直っている［野坂昭如＊卑怯者の思想｜1969］

[使用例] ひそかに父を反面教師に見立ててきたのであった［李恢成＊死者の遺したもの｜1970］

[解説] 中国の政治家、毛沢東のことばから。

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