chóng​dǎo​fù​zhé

repeat mistake

重蹈覆辙 (重蹈覆轍) chóng​dǎo​fù​zhé
repeat mistake idiom
To follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a previous disastrous mistake.

We should learn from this lesson and not repeat the same mistake.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.24 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.00 per million

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Definitions
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