重蹈覆辙 — Chinese idiom
重蹈覆辙
chóng dǎo fù zhé
Traditional: 重蹈覆轍
Meaning
- lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart
- fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
- to repeat a disastrous mistake
Character by character
- 重chóngheavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 蹈dǎoto dance, to stamp the feet
- 覆fùto cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
- 辙zhétrack, rut; stuck in a rut
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 不知轻重 bù zhī qīng zhòng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái
- 名重识暗 míng zhòng shí àn
- 问鼎轻重 wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
- 如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù
- 委以重任 wěi yǐ zhòng rèn
- 山峦重叠 shān luán chóng dié
- 德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng
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