Lingaku- 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
Generated definitions (experimental)
- draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
- learn from past mistake
- once bitten twice shy
This idiom means that one should learn from the mistakes of those who came before and avoid making the same errors.
wǒ men我们yīng gāi应该xī qǔ吸取qián前Chē车zhī之fù覆de的jiào xun教训，cái néng才能bì miǎn避免fàn犯tóng yàng同样de的cuò wù错误。
We should learn from the mistakes of those who came before us to avoid making the same errors.
gōng sī公司de的rén shì人事zhèng cè政策chū xiàn出现wèn tí问题，yuán gōng员工men们xī wàng希望guǎn lǐ管理céng层Néng能cóng从qián前Chē车zhī之fù覆Zhōng中xī qǔ jiào xun吸取教训。
The company's personnel policy has problems, and the employees hope the management can learn from past mistakes.
This meaning emphasizes the importance of reflecting on previous experiences to improve future decisions and actions.
měi ge rén每个人zài在shēng huó生活Zhōng dū中都huì会fàn cuò犯错，dàn但zhòng yào重要de的shì是yāo要cóng zhōng从中xué xí学习，bì miǎn避免chóng fù重复。
Everyone makes mistakes in life, but it is important to learn from them to avoid repeating them.
tōng guò通过yuè dú阅读lì shǐ历史，wǒ men我们kě yǐ可以cóng qián从前rén人de的cuò wù错误Zhōng中xī qǔ jiào xun吸取教训，biàn de变得gēng更cōng ming聪明。
By studying history, we can learn from the mistakes of our predecessors and become smarter.
This phrase indicates that after experiencing a negative situation, a person becomes more cautious in similar future situations.
jīng guò经过Nā那cì次shī bài失败，tā他zài在zuò做jué dìng决定shí时biàn de变得gèng jiā更加jǐn shèn谨慎，zhēn shi真是qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn前车之覆，后车之鉴。
After that failure, he became more cautious when making decisions; indeed, it is a lesson from the past.
Generated collocations (experimental)
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn前车之覆，后车之鉴to learn from the mistakes of othersqián前Chē车zhī之fù覆the cart in front overturnshòu chē zhī jiàn后车之鉴a warning for the following cartqián前Chē车zhī之fù覆de的jiào xun教训the lesson of the overturned cartyǐ shǐ wéi jiàn以史为鉴to take history as a mirrorbù不ràng让qián前Chē车zhī之fù覆chóng yǎn重演to prevent the same mistake from happening againqián前Chē车zhī之fù覆de的shí lì实例instances of past failureshòu chē zhī jiàn后车之鉴de的jǐng shì警示the warning for those who followjiè jiàn借鉴qián前Chē车zhī之fù覆de的jīng yàn经验to learn from the experiences of othersqián前Chē车zhī之fù覆de的yuán yīn原因the reasons behind previous failures