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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 他山の石
 たざんのいし
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 see: 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
 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)