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后车之鉴

hòu chē zhī jiàn

Definitions

  • lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart
  • fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  • learn from past mistake
  • once bitten twice shy

Child Words of 后车之鉴