前车之鉴 (前車之鑒) qián chē zhī jiàn

qián chē zhī jiàn set phrase warning from an a carriage in front; to learn a lesson from a defeated predecessor
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Notes: (CC-CEDICT '前車之鑒'; Guoyu '前車之鑒'; Mathews 1931 '前車之鑒', p. 116)