温故而知新
温故而知新
wēn gù ér zhī xīn
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects); to recall the past to understand the future
verb
Traditional: 溫故而知新
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- (verb) to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
- to recall the past to understand the future
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Related Words
温故知新(wēn gù zhī xīn)— to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
→一问三不知(yī wèn sān bù zhī)— lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
→一知半解(yī zhī bàn jiě)— lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge
→心领神悟(xīn lǐng shén wù)— to understand tacitly (idiom)
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