chóng dǎo fù zhé
Traditional: 重蹈覆轍
重蹈覆辙 (chóng dǎo fù zhé) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a disastrous mistake”.
Meanings
- 1lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
- 2fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
- 3to repeat a disastrous mistake