| 重蹈覆辙 |
chóng dǎo fù zhé |
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 |
| 重 |
chóng |
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer |
| 重 |
zhòng |
heavy / serious / to attach importance to |
| 重蹈 |
chóng dǎo |
(fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) |
| 蹈 |
dǎo |
to tread on / to trample / to stamp / to fulfill / Taiwan pr. [dao4] |
| 覆 |
fù |
to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize |
| 覆辙 |
fù zhé |
the tracks of a cart that overturned / (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past |
| 辙 |
zhé |
rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有 or 没) way; idea |