前
车
之
鉴

Word Definition - 前车之鉴

qián chē zhī jiàn lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom); fig. lesson learned by observing others' failures; variant of 前車之鑑|前车之鉴[qián chē zhī jiàn]

Individual Character Details

前 qián
车 chē, chē, jū
之 zhī
鉴 jiàn, jiàn, jiàn, jiàn