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后车之鉴
hòu​chē​zhī​jiàn

cautionary lesson

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后车之鉴 (後車之鑒) hòu​chē​zhī​jiàn
cautionary lesson idiom
A warning or lesson derived from the failures of those who came before; learning from past mistakes to avoid repeating them.

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