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前ぜん轍てつを踏ふむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts of a previous cart
Kanji used
前
in front of
轍
wheel track
踏
to step on
Conjugations...
Composed of
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
Composed of
wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)