前车之鉴 in English qian2 che1 zhi1 jian4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

前 车 之 鉴

Traditional Characters

前 車 之 鑒

Pinyin

qian2 che1 zhi1 jian4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

前qian2front 车che1surname Che 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 鉴jian4variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4]