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後車之鑒

hòuchēzhījiàn

ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄜ ㄓ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

Simplified 后车之鉴

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

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