覆辙
fù​zhé

a path leading to failure

  • created sense approved 覆辙/覆轍 · fù​zhé · a path leading to failure — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    覆辙 / 覆轍

    fù​zhé

    a path leading to failure

    The tracks of an overturned cart; figuratively, a previous disastrous policy or a path that led to failure in the past. Often used in the idiom [[重蹈覆辙|重蹈覆轍|chong2 dao3 fu4 zhe2]].

    fù​chè

    覆 (literal) → 复/覆 · fù · to overturn 辙 (literal) → 辙/轍 · zhé · rut

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

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