重蹈覆辙 (重蹈覆轍)
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Pinyin
Definition
重蹈覆辙 (重蹈覆轍)
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- to follow the track of an overturned cart
- to repeat a disastrous policy
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一言为重
- 1 each word carries weight
- 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
- 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
- 2 naive
- 3 doesn't know who's who
- 4 no sense of priorities
全军覆没
- 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
前车之覆,后车之鉴
- 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
功高望重
- 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)