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past examples serving as a warning to later generations are not far to seek · one need not look far for a lesson

殷鉴不远
yīn jiàn bù yuǎn
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Synonyms
to take sth as a warning (idiom) · to draw a lesson from a case where things turned out badly引以为戒yǐn yǐ wéi jiè(lit.) a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom) · (fig.) lesson learned from past mistakes or failures前车之鉴qián chē zhī jiàn