前车可鉴
qián​chē​kě​jiàn

to learn from past mistakes

  • created reference approved 前车可鉴/前車可鑒 → 前车之鉴/前車之鑒 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    前车可鉴 / 前車可鑒 qián​chē​kě​jiàn

    前车之鉴 / 前車之鑒 qián​chē​zhī​jiàn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 前车可鉴/前車可鑒 · qián​chē​kě​jiàn · to learn from past mistakes — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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"

    前 (literal) → 前 · qián · before 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle 可鉴 (literal) → 可鉴/可鑒 · kě​jiàn · to serve as a warning

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

    created sense