后车之鉴

hòu chē zhī jiàn

Definitions

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

Words Containing 后车之鉴

• 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

Child Words of 后车之鉴

• 车 chē: car
• 鉴 jiàn: to reflect
• 后 hòu: empress
• 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 车 jū: war chariot (archaic)