{"path":"/entry/66154","title":"温故知新 / 溫故知新 (wēn gù zhī xīn) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"温故知新 / 溫故知新 (wēn gù zhī xīn): to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":66154,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["温故知新"],"TRADITIONAL":["溫故知新"]}},"phonetic":"wēn gù zhī xīn","phoneticKey":"wen1 gu4 zhi1 xin1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to review the old and know the new ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom, from the Analects)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to recall the past to understand the future","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":64492,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子曰：「温故而知新，可以为师矣。」","traditional":"子曰：「溫故而知新，可以為師矣。」"},"phonetic":"Zǐyuē: “Wēn gù ér zhī xīn, kěyǐ wéi shī yǐ.”","english":"The Master said, \"If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}