Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「後車之戒」 and its usage.
This time, our spotlight is on the idiom 「後車之戒」. Its meaning and how it’s applied are described below.
Be alert to cars following behind. It is a metaphor that previous failures or setbacks can be used as a reference or lesson for doing things in the future.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hòu chē zhī jiè
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hau6 che1 ji1 gaai3
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