前车之鉴
前车之鉴
qián chē zhī jiàn
to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)
verbidiom
Traditional: 前車之鑒
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- (verb, idiom) to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)
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前车之覆，后车之鉴(qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn)· lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
→后车之鉴(hòu chē zhī jiàn)· lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart
→长记性(zhǎng jì xing)· (coll.) to learn one's lesson
→背书(bèi shū)· to repeat a lesson
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