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重蹈覆辙

chóng dǎo fù zhé

4-character word Traditional 重蹈覆轍

What 重蹈覆辙 means

1. lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
2. fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
3. to repeat a disastrous mistake

The characters in 重蹈覆辙

• 重zhòngheavy; serious; to attach importance to
• 蹈dǎoto tread on; to trample; to stamp
• 覆fùto cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 辙zhérut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè); (colloquial) the direction of traffic…

Example sentences

• 听说汤姆不会重蹈覆辙了。
  Tīngshuō Tāngmǔ bù huì chóngdǎofùzhé le.
  I hear that Tom won't do that again.
• 你一定要确保汤姆和玛丽不再重蹈覆辙了。
  Nǐ yīdìng yào quèbǎo Tāngmǔ hé Mǎlì bù zài chóngdǎo-fùzhé le.
  You have to make sure that Tom and Mary don't do that again.