前車可鑑
cin4 geoi1 ho2 gaam3qián chē kě jiàninferred
English
- to learn from the past failures; literally: to watch the cart in front
粵語 — Cantonese
- 以前人失敗作為教訓
Examples
前車可鑑，我哋唔好再犯同樣嘅錯誤。
We should learn from past mistakes and avoid making the same errors again.
Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk