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don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience

前事不忘，后事之师
qián shì bù wàng，hòu shì zhī shī
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lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor · learn from past mistake · once bitten twice shy前车之覆，后车之鉴qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn