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Definition(s) for: 重蹈覆辙

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
重蹈覆辙 chóng dǎo fù zhé - lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
- fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
- to repeat a disastrous mistake

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
- - 13,549 37,179 24,469

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
chóng- to repeat
- repetition
- again
- re-
- classifier: layer
zhòng- heavy
- serious
- to attach importance to
dǎo- to tread on
- to trample
- to stamp
- to fulfill
- Taiwan pr. [dao4]
- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to reply to a letter
- to cover
- to overflow
- to overturn
- to capsize
zhé- rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4])
- (coll.) the direction of traffic
- a rhyme (of a song, poem etc)
- (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way; idea

Other Words Containing 重蹈覆辙

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
重蹈覆辙 - - 13,549 37,179 24,469