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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 前车之鉴
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 前车之鉴 | qián chē zhī jiàn | - lit. a warning taken from the overturned cart ahead (idiom) - fig. lesson learned by observing others' failures |
| 前车之鉴 | qián chē zhī jiàn | - variant of 前車之鑑|前车之鉴[qian2che1 zhi1 jian4] |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 29,993 | 34,917 | 34,963 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 前 | qián | - front - forward - ahead - first - top (followed by a number) - future - ago - before - BC (e.g. 前293年) - former - formerly |
| 车 | chē | - surname Che |
| 车 | chē | - car - vehicle - CL:輛|辆[liang4] - machine - to shape with a lathe - Kangxi radical 159 |
| 车 | jū | - war chariot (archaic) - rook (in Chinese chess) - rook (in chess) |
| 之 | zhī | - (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) - him - her - it |
| 鉴 | jiàn | - variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4] |
| 鉴 | jiàn | - old variant of 鑒|鉴[jian4] |
| 鉴 | jiàn | - bronze mirror (used in ancient times) - to reflect - to mirror - sth that serves as a warning or a lesson - to examine - to scrutinize |
| 鉴 | jiàn | - variant of 鑑|鉴[jian4] |
Other Words Containing 前车之鉴
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 前车之鉴 | - | - | 29,993 | 34,917 | 34,963 |