History tells us to avoid falling into the same old trap.
Tips
usage
覆辙 almost always appears in the idiom 重蹈覆辙 - 'to tread again in the ruts of an overturned cart' - meaning to repeat the same mistake.
memory
覆 means overturned; 辙 means cart ruts in the road. Imagine a road with deep grooves where a cart flipped - following those ruts leads to the same disaster.
