前车之覆 / 前車之覆

qián​chē​zhī​fù

previous failure

the overturning of the chariot in front; a lesson drawn from a previous error or failure

前 (literal) → 前 · qián · first 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 覆 (literal) → 复/覆 · fù · to overturn

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM