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温故知新

wēn gù zhī xīn

4-character word Traditional 溫故知新

What 温故知新 means

1. to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
2. to recall the past to understand the future

The characters in 温故知新

• 温 wēn warm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature
• 故 gù happening; instance; reason
• 知 zhī to know; to be aware
• 新 xīn new; newly; meso- (chemistry)

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