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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 温故知新
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 温故知新 | wēn gù zhī xīn | - to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) - to recall the past to understand the future |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 66,727 | 95,141 | 64,366 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 温 | wēn | - surname Wen |
| 温 | wēn | - warm; lukewarm - to warm up - (bound form) temperature - (bound form) mild; soft; tender - to review (a lesson etc) - (TCM) fever - epidemic; pestilence (old variant of 瘟[wen1]) |
| 故 | gù | - happening - instance - reason - cause - intentional - former - old - friend - therefore - hence - (of people) to die, dead |
| 知 | zhī | - to know - to be aware |
| 新 | xīn | - abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1jiang1] - abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1jia1po1] - surname Xin |
| 新 | xīn | - new - newly - meso- (chemistry) |
Other Words Containing 温故知新
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 温故知新 | - | - | 66,727 | 95,141 | 64,366 |