不能让后车也掉坑里
“we mustn't let carts behind fall into the same pit.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
前车翻了
“If the cart in front overturns,”
不能 让后车也掉坑里
“we mustn't let carts behind fall into the same pit.”
这河里这么多灯
“There are so many lanterns in the river.”
“We must stop them before they repeat our mistake and get wiped out.”
A deeply rooted Chinese cultural concept where the failures of predecessors are meant to serve as vital warnings for successors.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to fall into a pit; to get trapped or duped
Can be literal or used idiomatically to describe walking right into an obvious trap or misfortune.
the cart ahead... the trailing cart... (referencing learning from predecessors' mistakes)
Echoes the famous idiom '前车之鉴' (lessons drawn from the overturned cart ahead).