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)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溫	故	知	新
おん Jinmeiyō	こ Grade: 5	ち Grade: 2	しん Grade: 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 溫故知新 – see the following entry.

【温故知新おんこちしん】 [noun] One should be able to derive new understanding while revising what he has learned. Learning from the past.

(This term, 溫故知新, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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.