chù​lèi​páng​tōng

to comprehend by analogy

  • created reference approved 触类旁通/觸類旁通 → 举一反三/舉一反三 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    触类旁通 / 觸類旁通 chù​lèi​páng​tōng

    举一反三 / 舉一反三 jǔ​yī​fǎn​sān

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  • created reference approved 触类旁通/觸類旁通 → 融会贯通/融會貫通 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    触类旁通 / 觸類旁通 chù​lèi​páng​tōng

    融会贯通 / 融會貫通 róng​huì​guàn​tōng

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  • created sense approved 触类旁通/觸類旁通 · chù​lèi​páng​tōng · to comprehend by analogy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    触类旁通 / 觸類旁通

    chù​lèi​páng​tōng

    to comprehend by analogy

    To grasp a principle by studying a specific case and then being able to apply that understanding to other similar things.

    触 (literal) → 触/觸 · chù · to touch 类 (literal) → 类/類 · lèi · category 旁通 (literal) → 旁通 · páng​tōng · to understand broadly

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

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