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温故而知新
wēn gù ér zhī xīn
What 温故而知新 means
- to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
- to recall the past to understand the future
The characters in 温故而知新
- 温wēnwarm; lukewarm; to warm up; (bound form) temperature
- 故gùhappening; instance; reason
- 而érand; as well as; and so
- 知zhīto know; to be aware
- 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
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