“重蹈覆轍”，字面意思是“重新走上翻過車的老路（ follow the tracks of an  overturned cart）”，“轍”表示“車輪輾過的痕跡（ the track of a wheel）”。比喻不吸取教訓(xùn)，再走失敗的老路，可以翻譯為“recommit the same error”，“follow the same old disastrous road”。常用于勸說、希望和警告的場合。

例句：

yào cóng guò qù de cuò wù zhōng xī qǔ jiào xùn， yǐ miǎn chóng dǎo fù zhé
要從過去的錯誤中吸取教訓(xùn)，以免重蹈覆轍。
One should learn from past mistakes so as to avoid falling into the same old trap again.

rén men xiǎng zhī dào tā men shì zěn yàng xī lǐ hú tu de xiàn rù zhàn zhēng de，yǐ jí rì hòu gāi rú hé bì miǎn chóng dǎo fù zhé
人們想知道他們是怎樣稀里糊涂地陷入戰(zhàn)爭的，以及日后該如何避免重蹈覆轍。
People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in future.

Editor: Jade