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Meaning of 覆辙

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zhé (Trad.: 覆轍)
the tracks of a cart that overturned; (fig.) a path that led to failure in the past
Example Sentences
1
And the CPC thereafter took all efforts to avoid repeating the same mistakes of the USSR.
2
1960
They do not want to repeat the mistakes of the 1960s, when some scientists-turned-evangelists exaggerated their understanding of the drugs' risks and benefits.
3
The slogan played on a justified collective desire to avoid repeating the mistake of the Vietnam era, when hatred of the conflict spilled over into hostility toward the people who were fighting it.
4
使
Even as projections of the storm' s clout weakened on Friday, the official response remained the same: not Katrina, not again.
5
Of course, they have no intention of revisiting Mitterrand' s mistakes, of trying to run the banks themselves, or of taking stakes elsewhere.