覆轍

the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past

variant of 復|复[fu4] / to reply to a letter

to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize

to remove / to withdraw

rut / track / rhyme / (dialect) way / method

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

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