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(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
q+ián·2nd tonech+ē·1st tonezh+ī·1st tonej+iàn·4th tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
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 yuǎnto provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid · a talking-to; a bitter lesson · CL:番 fān, dùn教训jiào xun
Antonyms
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