溫故知新 wēn gù zhī xīn

review the past and learn new things

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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