温故知新
wēn​gù​zhī​xīn

to learn new things by reviewing the old

  • created reference approved 温故知新/溫故知新 → 论语/論語 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    温故知新 / 溫故知新 wēn​gù​zhī​xīn

    论语 / 論語 lún​yǔ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 温故知新/溫故知新 · wēn​gù​zhī​xīn · to learn new things by reviewing the old — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    温故知新 / 溫故知新

    wēn​gù​zhī​xīn

    to learn new things by reviewing the old

    To gain new insights by reviewing what one has already learned; to understand the present by studying the past. Based on the [[论语|論語|lun2 yu3]].

    温 (literal) → 温/溫 · wēn · to review 故 (literal) → 故 · gù · former 知 (literal) → 知 · zhī · to know 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · [new things]

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

    created sense