後車之鑒 (hau6 ce1 zi1 gaam3 | hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4) : to learn from a past mistake

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後車之鑒

hau6 ce1 zi1 gaam3

hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4

to learn from a past mistake;
to draw a lesson from the failure of one's predecessor

the complete phrase is 前車之覆後車之鑒

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

後車之鑒 / 后车之鉴

This word has been viewed 1370 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bernard on 12th Jul 2009 12:33 and last edited on 13th Jul 2009 12:35

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後 hau6 - behind; come after
車 ce1 geoi1 - cart; vehicle; car
之 zi1 - 's; of; it; this; go to; to
鑒 gaam3 - kindly read this letter; variant of 鑑

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