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.

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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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese: 温故而知新、可以為師

Noun

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

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN