學而知之
xué'ér​zhī​zhī

learned knowledge

  • created sense approved 学而知之/學而知之 · xué'ér​zhī​zhī · learned knowledge — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    学而知之 / 學而知之

    xué'ér​zhī​zhī

    learned knowledge

    to learn something and thus know it; knowledge acquired through study or experience rather than being innate

    学 (literal) → 学/學 · xué · to study 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · it

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense