前车之鉴

Traditional: 前車之鑑

qián chē zhī jiàn

Dictionary entry

(lit.) a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom)

What does 前车之鉴 mean?

前车之鉴 (qián chē zhī jiàn) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1(lit.) a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom)

2(fig.) lesson learned from past mistakes or failures

3variant of 前車之鑑|前车之鉴[qian2 che1 zhi1 jian4]

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前qiánfront · forward 车Chēsurname Che 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 鉴jiànvariant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]

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前车之鉴

qián chē zhī jiàn

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