後車之鑒 (hau6 ce1 zi1 gaam3) — to learn from a past mistake; in Cantonese

hauˍ₆ceˉ¹ziˉ¹gaam˗₃
后车之鉴
Mandarin Pinyin: hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4

Meaning of 後車之鑒

nounto learn from a past mistake;
nounto draw a lesson from the failure of one's predecessor

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