温故知新

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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:

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 Literary Chinese 溫故知新 (wēngùzhīxīn), in the Analects:

子曰：「溫故而知新，可以為師矣。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
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
Zǐ yuē: “Wēn gù ér zhī xīn, kěyǐ wéi shī yǐ.”
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

Noun

温(おん)故(こ)知(ち)新(しん) • (onkochishin) ←をんこちしん (wonkotisin)?

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

References

  1. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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