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稽古

jī gǔ

2-character word

What 稽古 means

1. to learn from the ancients
2. to study the classic texts

The characters in 稽古

• 稽jī(bound form) to examine; to check (against records); (literary) to delay; to linger…
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-

Words starting with 稽古

• 稽古振今jī gǔ zhèn jīnstudying the old to promote the new (idiom)

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