lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a disastrous mistake
trad. 重蹈覆轍
Also written 重蹈覆轍【chóng dǎo fù zhé】
Characters in this word
4重
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to repeat, repetition, again, re-, classifier: layer
- Pinyin
- chóng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2482 of 2500
蹈
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to tread on, to trample, to stamp, to fulfill, Taiwan pr. [dao4]
- Pinyin
- dǎo
- Strokes
- 17
- Frequency
- 45777 of 2500
覆
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to cover, to overflow, to overturn, to capsize
- Pinyin
- fù
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 24295 of 2500
辙
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rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]), (coll.) the direction of traffic, a rhyme (of a song, poem etc), (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea
- Pinyin
- zhé
- Traditional
- 轍
- Strokes
- 16