# 重蹈覆轍
## Chinese

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

### Etymology

Based on the Book of the Later Han:
    今不慮前事之失，復循覆車之軌。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]今不虑前事之失，复循覆车之轨。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5th century CEJīn bù lǜ qiánshì zhī shī, fù xún fùchē zhī guǐ. [Pinyin]Now [we] are not considering past mistakes and following the tracks of an overturned cart again.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chóngdǎofùzhé, chóngdàofùchè
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄜˊ, ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄜˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cung$^4$ dou$^6$ fuk$^1$ cit$^3$ / cung$^4$ tou$^1$ fuk$^1$ cit$^3$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dêng$^5$ dao$^6$ hog$^8$ tiêg$^4$ / dêng$^5$ dao$^6$ hog$^8$ tiag$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chóngdǎofùzhé
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chóngdǎofùjhé
*** Wade–Giles: chʻung$^2$-tao$^3$-fu$^4$-chê$^2$
*** Yale: chúng-dǎu-fù-jé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngdaofuhjer
*** Palladius: чундаофучжэ (čundaofučžɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: chóngdàofùchè
*** Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄔㄜˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: chóngdàofùchè
*** Wade–Giles: chʻung$^2$-tao$^4$-fu$^4$-chʻê$^4$
*** Yale: chúng-dàu-fù-chè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chorngdawfuhcheh
*** Palladius: чундаофучэ (čundaofučɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cung$^4$ dou$^6$ fuk$^1$ cit$^3$ / cung$^4$ tou$^1$ fuk$^1$ cit$^3$
*** Yale: chùhng douh fūk chit / chùhng tōu fūk chit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsung$^4$ dou$^6$ fuk$^7$ tsit$^8$ / tsung$^4$ tou$^1$ fuk$^7$ tsit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cung$^4$ dou$^6$ fug$^1$ qid$^3$ / cung$^4$ tou$^1$ fug$^1$ qid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tou̯²² fʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/, /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ tʰou̯⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵ t͡sʰiːt̚³/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: dêng$^5$ dao$^6$ hog$^8$ tiêg$^4$ / dêng$^5$ dao$^6$ hog$^8$ tiag$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: têng tău ho̍k thiek / têng tău ho̍k thiak
*** Sinological IPA : /teŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau³⁵⁻¹¹ hok̚⁴⁻² tʰiek̚²/, /teŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tau³⁵⁻¹¹ hok̚⁴⁻² tʰiak̚²/
* dêng5 dao6 hog8 tiêg4 - Chaozhou;
* dêng5 dao6 hog8 tiag4 - Shantou.

### Idiom

重蹈覆轍
* to repeat the same mistake; to recommit the same error
    From: 2005 February 5, 總統府新聞稿, in 《總統府公報》, number 6617
    Wǒmen wùbì yào jìqǔ guòqù cǎntòng de jiàoxùn, juéduì bùnéng chóngdàofùchè, ràng xiāngtóng de qíngxíng zài fāshēng. [Pinyin]
    We must remember and draw from the painful lessons of the past, and we absolutely cannot repeat the same mistakes and allow the same situation to reoccur.
    From: 2010, 趙銳, 《母親手記：我與孩子的故事》, page 181
    Wǒ bùguò shì pà a, wǒ pà wǒ de háizi chóngdǎo wǒ de fùzhé, wǒ xiǎng wǒ zhè yī shēng xīlihútú de zuò nǚrén jiù gòu le, wǒ de háizi bùbì le. [Pinyin]
    It's just that I'm afraid; I'm afraid that my child will repeat my mistakes. I think it's enough just for me to live a muddled life as a woman; my child does not have to.

#### Synonyms

* 復蹈其轍／复蹈其辙
* 復蹈前轍／复蹈前辙