ぜんてつ

前哲
former men of wisdom and virtue

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ぜんてつ【前轍】

〔前の車のわだち〕 the track [rut] of an earlier cart [the vehicle in front]; 〔前の人の失敗〕 the mistakes of predecessors. [⇒てつ³]

●前轍を踏む repeat sb's mistake(s); make [repeat] the same error [mistake] as 《another person》 did.