溫故知新

See also: 温故知新

Chinese

		(luke)warm; to review	happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old	to know; to be aware	new; newly; meso- (chem.)
trad. (溫故知新/温故知新)		溫/温	故	知	新
simp. (温故知新)		温	故	知	新

Etymology

From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》):

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

Zǐyuē: “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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēngùzhīxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄣ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan¹ gu³ zi¹ san¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēngùzhīxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄣ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wungùjhihsin
    • Wade–Giles: wên¹-ku⁴-chih¹-hsin¹
    • Yale: wēn-gù-jr̄-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uenguhjyshin
    • Palladius: вэньгучжисинь (vɛnʹgučžisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wən⁵⁵ ku⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan¹ gu³ zi¹ san¹
    • Yale: wān gu jī sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan¹ gu³ dzi¹ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen¹ gu³ ji¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn⁵⁵ kuː³³ t͡siː⁵⁵ sɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

溫故知新

1. reviewing learnt knowledge helps one understand it better; reviewing the past helps one understand the present

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (溫故知新):

• → Japanese: 温(おん)故(こ)知(ち)新(しん) (onkochishin)
• → Korean: 온고지신(溫故知新) (on'gojisin)
• → Vietnamese: ôn cố tri tân (溫故知新)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
溫	故	知	新

Idiom

溫故知新

1. chữ Hán form of ôn cố tri tân.