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前ぜん轍てつを踏ふむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ...
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 a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
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.)