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前車可鑒
qián​chē​kě​jiàn

to learn from past mistakes

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

前车可鉴/ 前車可鑒 qián​chē​kě​jiàn to learn from past mistakes

(idiom) to take a past failure as a lesson or warning for the future; literally "the cart in front is a mirror"

References

synonym 前车可鉴/前車可鑒 → 前车之鉴/前車之鑒
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