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to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)

前人栽树，后人乘凉
qián rén zāi shù，hòu rén chéng liáng
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lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom) · fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past · to repeat a disastrous mistake重蹈覆辙chóng dǎo fù zhé