重蹈覆辙
Meanings
1. lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom)
2. fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past
3. to repeat a disastrous mistake
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Examples2
你 一定 要 确保 汤姆 和 玛丽 不 再 重蹈覆辙 了。
You have to make sure that Tom and Mary don't do that again.
听说 汤姆 不会 重蹈覆辙 了。
I hear Tom won't do that again.