后
车
之
鉴

Word Definition - 后车之鉴

hòu chē zhī jiàn 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

Individual Character Details

后 hòu, hòu, hòu
车 chē, chē, jū
之 zhī
鉴 jiàn, jiàn, jiàn, jiàn