覆轍

覆辙
fùzhé
  1. the tracks of a cart that overturned
  2. (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) disastrous policy; previous failure
  2. (literally) track of an overturned cart
  3. disastrous policy; previous failure
  4. track of an overturned cart

Wiktionary

  1. 曾經失敗的做法，足以為後人鑑戒
  2. 翻車過的道路

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 覆 fù
  1. variant of 復 fù
  2. to reply to a letter
=1 覆 fù
  1. to cover
  2. to overflow
  3. to overturn
  4. to capsize
2 轍 zhé
  1. rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè)
  2. (coll.) the direction of traffic
  3. a rhyme (of a song, poem etc)
  4. (dialect) (usu. after 有 yǒu or 沒 méi) way; idea

Containing this entry

重蹈覆轍 chóngdǎofùzhé
  1. lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
  2. fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
  3. to repeat a disastrous mistake