重蹈覆轍

Chinese

		heavy; serious; to double heavy; serious; to double; to repeat; repetition; iteration; again; a layer	tread on; trample; stamp tread on; trample; stamp; fulfill	track of an overturned cart; disastrous policy; previous failure
trad. (重蹈覆轍)		重	蹈	覆轍
simp. (重蹈覆辙)		重	蹈	覆辙
Literally: “to follow the track of an overturned cart”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chóngdǎofùzhé, chóngdàofùchè

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄜˊ, ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ dou⁶ fuk¹ cit³, cung⁴ tou¹ fuk¹ cit³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: chóngdǎofùzhé
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongrdaofuhjer
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: chóngdàofùchè
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chongrdawfuhcheh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ dou⁶ fuk¹ cit³, cung⁴ tou¹ fuk¹ cit³
  - Yale: chùhng douh fūk chit, chùhng tōu fūk chit
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ dou⁶ fuk⁷ tsit⁸, tsung⁴ tou¹ fuk⁷ tsit⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ dou⁶ fug¹ qid³, cung⁴ tou¹ fug¹ qid³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tou̯²² fʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/, /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/

Note: cung4 tou1 fuk1 cit3 - common misreading.

Idiom

重蹈覆轍

to repeat the same mistake; to recommit the same error

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