后车之鉴

hòu chē zhī jiàn

Definiciones

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

Palabras que contienen 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

Palabras que componen 后车之鉴

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