Vocabulary

What does 温故知新 (おんこちしん) mean?

温故知新 (おんこちしん) means learning from the old to understand the new (lit. reviewing the old to know the new).

Quick facts
Reading	おんこちしん

温故知新おんこちしん

TOPICS

learning from the old to understand the new (lit. reviewing the old to know the new)

Example sentences

古典(こてん)を読(よ)み返(かえ)すことは、温故知新(おんこちしん)の精神(せいしん)で新(あたら)しい発見(はっけん)につながる。
Rereading the classics, in the spirit of learning from the old, leads to new discoveries.