後車之鑒
hòu​chē​zhī​jiàn

lesson from the past

  • created reference approved 后车之鉴/後車之鑒 → 前车之鉴/前車之鑒 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后车之鉴 / 後車之鑒 hòu​chē​zhī​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 后车之鉴/後車之鑒 · hòu​chē​zhī​jiàn · lesson from the past — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    后车之鉴 / 後車之鑒

    hòu​chē​zhī​jiàn

    lesson from the past

    literally meaning a warning to the following cart; drawing a lesson from the failure of those who came before or learning from past mistakes to avoid repeating them

    后 (literal) → 后/後 · hòu · behind 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 鉴 (literal) → 鉴/鑒 · jiàn · warning

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

    created sense