现身说法 (xiàn shēn shuì) — (idiom) to use one's own experience as an example to explain or persuade; (Buddhist original sense) to appear in human form and expound the dharma
Definition
A chengyu meaning 'to explain or persuade by drawing on one's own personal experience.' The Buddhist origin (appearing in human form to teach the dharma) is not the modern sense — today it simply means speaking from firsthand experience.
idiom
to use one's own experience as an example to explain or persuade
verb
(Buddhist original sense) to appear in human form and expound the dharma
Examples
- 现身说法，。Tā zài jiǎng zuò zhōng xiàn shēn shuì, fēn xiǎng le zì jǐ dāng nián shī bài de jiào xùn.In the lecture, he spoke from personal experience and shared the lessons from his own failure.
- 现身说法，。Lǎo zhāng xiàn shēn shuì, yòng zì jǐ de jīng lì gào sù nián qīng rén bù néng tān tú xiǎo pián yi.Old Zhang used his own experience to tell young people not to be greedy for small gains.
- 现身说法，。Zhè běn shū xiàn shēn shuì, zuò zhě yǐ qīn shēn jīng lì jiǎng shù le chuàng yè de suān tián kǔ là.This book draws on the author's firsthand experience to describe the ups and downs of starting a business.
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