- to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
- to recall the past to understand the future
Characters
- 温 (溫): surname Wen
- 故 (故): happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 知 (知): to know; to be aware
- 新 (新): abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
Resources
- Wiktionary: 温故知新
- MDBG: 温故知新
- Examples with 温故知新 on Tatoeba
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