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

chóng dǎo fù zhé

ch+óng·2nd toned+ǎo·3rd tonef+ù·4th tonezh+é·2nd tone

Idiom

Chain

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I hear Tom won't do that again.

听说汤姆不会重蹈覆辙了。

You have to make sure that Tom and Mary don't do that again.

你一定要确保汤姆和玛丽不再重蹈覆辙了。

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