重蹈覆辙
Traditional form:
重蹈覆轍
Pinyin (reading):
chóngdǎofùzhé
Definitions:
- lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
- fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
- to repeat a disastrous mistake
Characters:
- 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 蹈 - to dance, to stamp the feet
- 覆 - to cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
- 辙 - track, rut; stuck in a rut
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