温故知新 wēn gù zhī xīn

review old to learn new things

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 64662nd word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
warm; temperature; mild
therefore; cause; reason
to know; to be aware
new; newly