前ぜん車しゃの覆くつがえるは後こう車しゃの戒いましめ

expression

learn from others' mistakes; the toppling of the cart in front serves as a warning for the cart behind

Proverb of Chinese origin (from the Book of Han). Used to advise learning from the failures of others rather than repeating them.

• 前ぜん車しゃの覆くつがえるは後こう車しゃの戒いましめというから、先せん輩ぱいの失しっ敗ぱいから学まなぼう。

  As the saying goes, 'the toppling of the cart in front serves as a warning for the cart behind,' so let's learn from our seniors' mistakes.