前車之覆，後車之鑒

lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly

surname Che

car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

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

to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy

variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]