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重蹈覆辙

chóngdǎofùzhé

lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)

02

fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past

03

to repeat a disastrous mistake

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 重蹈覆辙 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 重蹈覆辙 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

听说汤姆不会重蹈覆辙了。tīng shuō tāng mǔ bú huì chóng dǎo fù zhé le。

I hear 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 yí dìng yào què bǎo tāng mǔ hé mǎ lì bù zài chóng dǎo fù zhé le。

You have to make sure that Tom and Mary don't do that again.

无视历史的人往往会重蹈覆辙。wú shì lì shǐ de rén wǎng wǎng huì chóng dǎo fù zhé。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 重蹈覆辙.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 重蹈覆辙.

Directly before

  • 会重蹈覆辙1
  • 不再重蹈覆辙1
  • 不会重蹈覆辙1

Directly after

  • 重蹈覆辙了2
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 重蹈覆辙

What does 重蹈覆辙 mean in Chinese?

重蹈覆辙 (chóngdǎofùzhé) means lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom).

How do you pronounce 重蹈覆辙?

重蹈覆辙 is pronounced chóngdǎofùzhé.

Is 重蹈覆辙 an HSK word?

重蹈覆辙 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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