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前有车,后有辙

/ qián yǒu chē hòu yǒu zhé /
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Collocation

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就怕前有车后有辙

Definition

前有车,后有辙

Literally means:

a car in front, there must be a trail behind

Actually means:

draw lessons from past experiences

辙, refers to marks left on the ground by a moving cart.

This phrase figuratively means drawing lessons from past experiences or referring to an ractice as precedent.

辙,车轮在地上留下的痕迹。

前有车,后有辙,比喻借鉴、参考或仿效以前的事例。

Example

Used as a minor sentence or as object. (作小句、宾语)
1
xiànzài
现在
xiàoshùn
孝顺
父母
  
,
qián
yǒu
chē
  
,
hòu
yǒu
chè
  
,
hòu
以后
de
háizi
孩子
huì
xiàoshùn
孝顺
de
  

You are not filial to your parents now, there is a car before, there is a rut, later your child will not be filial to you.

2
Zhèzhǒng
这种
shì
qián
以前
shēng
发生
guò
  
,
qián
yǒu
chē
  
,
hòu
yǒu
chè
  
,
qián
以前
zěnme
怎么
chǔ
处理
de
  
,
men
我们
xiànzài
现在
jiù
zěnme
怎么
chǔ
处理
  

This kind of thing has happened before, before there is a car, after there is a rut, before how to deal with, we now also how to deal with it.

3
yòng
gōngjiā
公家
de
chē
bàn
shì
私事
  
,
zhè
suīrán
虽然
shi
shénme
什么
cuò
错误
  
,
dàn
qián
yǒu
chē
  
,
hòu
yǒu
chè
  
,
hòu
以后
biéren
别人
dōu
zhèyàng
这样
zěnmebàn
怎么办
  
?

You use the public car to do private business, although this is not a big mistake, but I am afraid of the car before, after the rut, after others are how to do so?