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, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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)

From Middle Chinese: 温故而知新、可以為師.

温(おん)故(こ)知(ち)新(しん) • (onkochishin)

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

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

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