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後車之鑒

后
後
车
車
之
之
鉴
鑒
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

Characters and words in 後車之鑒

后
後
hòu = h + ou4
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
Add a new mnemonic for 后 = ⺁ + 𠮛
Add a new mnemonic for 後 = 彳 + 幺 + 夂
车
車
chē = ch + e1
car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
Add a new mnemonic for 车 = 七 + 十
车
車
jū = ju + Ø1
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)
Add a new mnemonic for 车 = 七 + 十
之
zhī = zh + Ø1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
Add a new mnemonic for 之 = 丶 + Z
鉴
鑒
jiàn = ji + an4
variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]
Add a new mnemonic for 鉴 = 刂 + 大 + 金
Add a new mnemonic for 鑒 = 監 + 金

Words with 後車之鑒

前車之覆，後車之鑒
前
前
车
車
之
之
覆
覆
，
，
,
后
後
车
車
之
之
鉴
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

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