后车之鉴

Traditional: 後車之鑒

hòu chē zhī jiàn

Dictionary entry

lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart

What does 后车之鉴 mean?

后车之鉴 (hòu chē zhī jiàn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart

2fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor

3learn from past mistake

4once bitten twice shy

Character breakdown

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

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后车之鉴

hòu chē zhī jiàn

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