"前車可鑒" meaning in Chinese

See 前車可鑒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /t͡sʰiːn²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵ hɔː³⁵ kaːm³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 前車可鑑 [Traditional-Chinese], 前车可鉴 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 前車可鑒
  1. previous experience of failure can serve as a lesson for oneself or others Tags: idiomatic Related terms: 前車之鑒 (qiánchēzhījiàn), 前车之鉴 (qiánchēzhījiàn), 前車覆,後車戒/前车覆,后车戒 (qián chē fù, hòu chē jiè)
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前車可鑑",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前车可鉴",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "前車可鑒",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "the overturned cart ahead can serve as a lesson",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "previous experience of failure can serve as a lesson for oneself or others"
      ],
      "id": "en-前車可鑒-zh-phrase-W9WeRrzz",
      "links": [
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ],
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "lesson",
          "lesson"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "qiánchēzhījiàn",
          "word": "前車之鑒"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qiánchēzhījiàn",
          "word": "前车之鉴"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qián chē fù, hòu chē jiè",
          "word": "前車覆,後車戒/前车覆,后车戒"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánchēkějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánjūkějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄜ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ geoi¹ ho² gaam³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánchēkějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄜ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciánchekějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻien²-chʻê¹-kʻo³-chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyán-chē-kě-jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyanchekeejiann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjanʹčɛkɛczjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цяньчэкэцзянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánjūkějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciánjyukějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻien²-chü¹-kʻo³-chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyán-jyū-kě-jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyanjiukeejiann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjanʹczjujkɛczjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цяньцзюйкэцзянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ geoi¹ ho² gaam³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìhn gēui hó gaam"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin⁴ goey¹ ho² gaam³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qin⁴ gêu¹ ho² gam³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵ hɔː³⁵ kaːm³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "前車可鑒"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "前車可鑑",
      "tags": [
        "Traditional-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "前车可鉴",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "前車可鑒",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "the overturned cart ahead can serve as a lesson",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "qiánchēzhījiàn",
      "word": "前車之鑒"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qiánchēzhījiàn",
      "word": "前车之鉴"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qián chē fù, hòu chē jiè",
      "word": "前車覆,後車戒/前车覆,后车戒"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 前",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 可",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 車",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 鑒",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin terms with multiple pronunciations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "previous experience of failure can serve as a lesson for oneself or others"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "previous",
          "previous"
        ],
        [
          "experience",
          "experience"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ],
        [
          "serve",
          "serve"
        ],
        [
          "lesson",
          "lesson"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánchēkějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánjūkějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄜ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ geoi¹ ho² gaam³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánchēkějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄔㄜ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciánchekějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻien²-chʻê¹-kʻo³-chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyán-chē-kě-jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyanchekeejiann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjanʹčɛkɛczjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цяньчэкэцзянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qiánjūkějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄐㄩ ㄎㄜˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ciánjyukějiàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻien²-chü¹-kʻo³-chien⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyán-jyū-kě-jyàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chyanjiukeejiann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cjanʹczjujkɛczjanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "цяньцзюйкэцзянь"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ kʰɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cin⁴ geoi¹ ho² gaam³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chìhn gēui hó gaam"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tsin⁴ goey¹ ho² gaam³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "qin⁴ gêu¹ ho² gam³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰiːn²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵ hɔː³⁵ kaːm³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "前車可鑒"
}

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