后车之鉴
hòu chē zhī jiànhouchezhijian
- 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
hòu chē zhī jiànhouchezhijian
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences