温故而知新
wēn​gù'ér​zhī​xīn

to review the old and learn the new

  • created sense approved 温故而知新/溫故而知新 · wēn​gù'ér​zhī​xīn · to review the old and learn the new — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    温故而知新 / 溫故而知新

    wēn​gù'ér​zhī​xīn

    to review the old and learn the new

    to review what one has learned in order to gain new insights; to recall the past to understand the future

    温 (literal) → 温/溫 · wēn · to review 故 (literal) → 故 · gù · former 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 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