qián chē zhī jiàn

Traditional: 前車之鑑

前车之鉴 (qián chē zhī jiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom); fig. lesson learned from past mistakes or failures”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom)
  2. 2fig. lesson learned from past mistakes or failures

Characters in 前车之鉴

前qián · front车chē · car之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])鉴jiàn · bronze mirror (used in ancient times)

Related words

前front车car车war chariot (archaic)车surname Che之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before以前before之后after; behind之间(after a noun) between; among; amid面前in front of之一one of (sth)目前at the present time

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