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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)

安步当车

ān bù dàng chē

1 to go on foot (idiom)
2 to do things at a leisurely pace

宝马香车

bǎo mǎ xiāng chē

1 precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
2 ostentatious display of luxury

Sample Sentences

好！我们赵董的幸运之手已经碰到了抽奖券了，究竟谁会开走我们今天的轿车大奖呢？

hǎo ！wǒmen zhào dǒng de xìngyùn zhī shǒu yǐjīng pèngdào le chōujiǎngquàn le ，jiūjìng shéi huì kāi zǒu wǒmen jīntiān de jiàochē dàjiǎng ne ？

Okay! Our Chairman Zhao's hand of good fortune has reached the raffle tickets. Who will drive away with our grand prize - a car - today.

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就拿一款叫“荣威”的轿车来说，看似尊贵，但读音却像极了"wrong way"，感觉像“跑错了路”，品牌效应可想而知。

jiù ná yī kuǎn jiào “róngwēi ”de jiàochē láishuō ，kàn shì zūnguì ，dàn dúyīn què xiàng jí le "wrong way "，gǎnjué xiàng “pǎo cuò le lù ”，pǐnpáixiàoyìng kěxiǎngérzhī 。

Think of a name like ``Rong Wei" for a sedan. It seems very respectable, but it sounds very much like ``Wrong Way." You can imagine the effect of this brand name.

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出事的时候我就站在路口，看得一清二楚。当时一辆小轿车右转弯，没有按喇叭，“呜”的一下就转了。谁晓得一辆助动车也开过来，速度也很快。他们就撞上了。我第一次看见撞车，心里怕得很。我想这下坏了，可能撞死人了。我赶快跑过去，看到那个骑车的小姑娘摔在地上，还好人没事。开车子的男人后来也下来了。他们两个都开得快，硬碰硬就撞了。

chūshì de shíhou wǒ jiù zhànzài lùkǒu ，kàn de yīqīngèrchǔ 。dāngshí yī liàng xiǎojiàochē yòu zhuǎnwān ，méiyǒu àn lǎba ，“wū ”de yīxià jiù zhuǎn le 。shéi xiǎode yī liàng zhùdòngchē yě kāi guòlai ，sùdù yě hěn kuài 。tāmen jiù zhuàngshàng le 。wǒ dì yī cì kànjiàn zhuàngchē ，xīnlǐ pà de hěn 。wǒ xiǎng zhèxià huài le ，kěnéng zhuàngsǐ rén le 。wǒ gǎnkuài pǎo guòqu ，kàndào nàge qíchē de xiǎo gūniang shuāi zài dì shàng ，hái hǎo rén méishì 。kāi chēzi de nánrén hòulái yě xiàlai le 。tāmen liǎng ge dōu kāi de kuài ，yìngpèngyìng jiù zhuàng le 。

When the accident happened I was standing at the intersection, and I saw everything clear as day. A small car was turning right, didn't blow its horn, and ``whoosh" just made a turn. Who knew an electric bike would also drive up, and at a really high speed. They just hit each other. It was the first time I ever saw a car accident. I was scared out of my wits. I thought it must be bad, maybe someone died in the crash. I hurried right over and saw the girl on the bike had been knocked to the ground. Good thing she was OK. Then the man driving the car got out. They were both driving very fast, metal hit metal, and it was a crash.

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是啊。那些走私集团也真是厉害，走私的物品小到烟酒手机，大到电器轿车，无所不有。可以说不管是什么样的物品，走私分子都可能从它们身上打主意。

shì ā 。nàxiē zǒusī jítuán yě zhēn shì lìhai ，zǒusī de wùpǐn xiǎo dào yān jiǔ shǒujī ，dà dào diànqì jiàochē ，wúsuǒbùyǒu 。kěyǐ shuō bùguǎn shì shénmayàng de wùpǐn ，zǒusī fènzǐ dōu kěnéng cóng tāmen shēn shàng dǎ zhǔyi 。

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