- 口(mouth; door)
- 后(behind; empress (figuratively—one who rules from behind))
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
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lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart
We should learn from the mistakes of our predecessors.
fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
We should take his failure as a lesson and warning for the future.
learn from past mistake
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart
We should learn from the mistakes of our predecessors.
fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
We should take his failure as a lesson and warning for the future.
learn from past mistake
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
The character 車 is an ancient picture of a vehicle viewed from above, showing its axle and wheels.
A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.
A mouth giving orders from behind the golden throne is the authority of an empress.
The character 車 is an ancient picture of a vehicle viewed from above, showing its axle and wheels.
A footstep moving forward on the ground represents "go to," which then becomes a grammatical particle.
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart
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