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1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
2 learn from past mistake
3 once bitten twice shy

前车之鉴

qián chē zhī jiàn

1 to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)

学富五车

xué fù wǔ chē

1 of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)

Sample Sentences

两匹马力，三万七千转，一旦启动，这飞刀螺旋一转，叫你想停都停不下来，听见没？稳定美妙的马达声，仿佛到了方程式赛车的赛道旁，让你不由自主想把厨房里、冰箱里、地窖里，所有能找出来的青菜水果全部放进去萃取，只为了吃到生机饮食的精华！

liǎng pǐ mǎlì ，sānwàn qī qiān zhuǎn ，yīdàn qǐdòng ，zhè fēidāo luóxuán yī zhuǎn ，jiào nǐ xiǎng tíng dōu tíng bù xiàlai ，tīngjiàn méi ？wěndìng měimiào de mǎdáshēng ，fǎngfú dào le fāngchéngshìsàichē de sàidào páng ，ràng nǐ bùyóuzìzhǔ xiǎng bǎ chúfáng lǐ 、bīngxiāng lǐ 、dìjiào lǐ ，suǒyǒu néng zhǎo chūlai de qīngcài shuǐguǒ quánbù fàng jìnqù cuìqǔ ，zhī wèile chīdào shēngjī yǐnshí de jīnghuá ！

Two horsepower, with 37,000 revolutions a minute. As soon as you turn it on, the blade starts to fly. You won't want to stop, you'll feel compelled to make extracts from all the fruit and vegetables you can find in your kitchen, your refrigerator and your cellar, just so you can taste their vital essence.

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是是是。不过我觉得韩寒迟早会写出有分量的东西的。我挺佩服这家伙的，赛车，写书，办杂志，样样都是天才。不愧是80后的佼佼者。

shì shì shì 。bùguò wǒ juéde Hán Hán chízǎo huì xiěchū yǒu fènliang de dōngxi de 。wǒ tǐng pèifú zhè jiāhuo de ，sàichē ，xiě shū ，bàn zázhì ，yàngyàng dōu shì tiāncái 。bùkuì shì bālíng hòu de jiǎojiǎozhě 。

Right, right, right. However, I think Han Han will sooner or later write something of importance. I really admire that guy – racing cars, writing books, putting out magazines; he's talented in every way. He's worthy of being called the most outstanding person born in the 80's.

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F1赛车就非常地刺激。

F yī sàichē jiù fēicháng de cìjī 。

F1 races are really exciting.

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看的是气氛嘛。瞧那些轮胎印，还有高速过弯时的紧张气氛，还有赛车之间的碰撞，还有......

kàn de shì qìfēn ma 。qiáo nàxiē lúntāi yìn ，háiyǒu gāosù guòwān shí de jǐnzhāng qìfēn ，háiyǒu sàichē zhījiān de pèngzhuàng ，háiyǒu ......

What you go for is the atmosphere. We saw the tire marks, the suspenseful feeling of the high speed turns, the cars colliding into each other, the...

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吵死了，真搞不懂那F1有什么好看的，去年去那儿看得都后悔死了。坐在离赛道那么远的地方，赛车唰的一下就过去了，根本看不清楚。

chǎo sǐ le ，zhēn gǎo bu dǒng nà F yī yǒu shénme hǎokàn de ，qùnián qù nàr kàn de dōu hòuhuǐ sǐ le 。zuò zài lí sàidào nàme yuǎn de dìfang ，sàichē shuā de yīxià jiù guòqu le ，gēnběn kàn bu qīngchu 。

It's such a racket. I really don't get what's so great about F1. I really regretted going to watch last year. We sat so far from the racetrack that when the cars whooshed past we couldn't even see anything clearly.

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别啊，你知道我是个疯狂的赛车迷，我觉得那轰鸣的引擎声是世界上最美的声音。

bié a ，nǐ zhīdào wǒ shì ge fēngkuáng de sàichē mí ，wǒ juéde nà hōngmíng de yǐnqíng shēng shì shìjiè shàng zuì měi de shēngyīn 。

Hey now, you know I'm an insane racing fan. I'd say the roar of the engines is the sweetest sound on earth.

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