前车覆，后车戒前車覆，後車戒前車覆，後車戒

when the cart ahead overturns, the cart behind takes warning

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Learn from the failures of those before you. Like 'learn from others' mistakes'.

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Simplified: 前车覆，后车戒
Traditional (Taiwan): 前車覆，後車戒
Pinyin: qián chē fù, hòu chē jiè
Bopomofo: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄜㄈㄨˋ，ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄜㄐㄧㄝˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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