follow the tracks of an overthrown chariot -- follow the same old disastrous road

follow the tracks of an overthrown chariot -- follow the same old disastrous road

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ǎ ox í f ù zh é, which means to go back to the old road of overturning. It means to go back to the old road of failure without learning a lesson. It comes from the biography of Mi Fu in the history of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Mi Fu in the history of the Song Dynasty, "Fu is extremely dangerous and does not follow the path of his predecessors."

Idiom explanation

Go back to the old way of overturning. This is a metaphor for not learning a lesson and then following the old road of failure.