温故知新

See also: 溫故知新

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 温故知新 – see 溫故知新 (“reviewing learnt knowledge helps one understand it better; reviewing the past helps one understand the present”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 溫故知新).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
温	故	知	新
おん Grade: 3	こ Grade: 5	ち Grade: 2	しん Grade: 2

Alternative spelling
溫故知新 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Literary Chinese 溫故知新 (wēngùzhīxīn), in the Analects:

子曰：「溫故而知新，可以為師矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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子曰：「温故而知新，可以为师矣。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Zǐ yuē: “Wēn gù ér zhī xīn, kěyǐ wéi shī yǐ.” [Pinyin]

The Master said, "If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others."

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) お​んこちしん (Atamadaka + Heiban — [1] + [0])

• (Tokyo) お​んこちしん [óꜜǹkòchìshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [õ̞ŋko̞t͡ɕi̥ɕĩɴ]

Noun

温(おん)故(こ)知(ち)新(しん) • (onkochishin) ^{←をんこちしん (wonkotisin)?}

1. One should be able to derive new understanding while revising what he has learned. Learning from the past.