覆辙

lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past

(fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised)

rut (made by vehicles); (fig.) conventional ways

lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor

to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)

lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake