(lit.) a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom); (fig.) lesson learned from past mistakes or failures
trad. 前車之鑑
Also written 前車之鑑【qián chē zhī jiàn】
Characters in this word
4前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
车
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surname Che
- Pinyin
- Chē
- Traditional
- 車
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 460 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
鉴
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variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Traditional
- 鋻
- Strokes
- 13