温故知新

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, 温故知新, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 溫故知新.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China 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

Etymology

From Middle Chinese: 温故而知新、可以為師

Noun

温故知新 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 溫故知新, hiragana おんこちしん, rōmaji onkochishin)

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

References

• 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN