後車之鑒 (hau6 ce1 zi1 gaam3) — to learn from a past mistake; in Cantonese
hauˍ₆後ceˉ¹車ziˉ¹之gaam˗₃鑒简 后车之鉴
Mandarin Pinyin: hou4 che1 zhi1 jian4
Meaning of 後車之鑒
nounto learn from a past mistake;
nounto draw a lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
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