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[溫故知新] wēngùzhīxīn to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
to recall the past to understand the future

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        wēnróu, [溫柔], gentle and soft/tender
        wēnnuǎn, [溫暖], warm
        wēndù, [溫度], temperature/CL:個|个[gè]
        tǐwēn, [體溫], (body) temperature
        Wēn/wēn, [溫], surname Wen, warm/lukewarm/temperature/to warm up/mild/soft/tender/to review (a ...
        wēnxīn, [溫馨], comfort/soft and fragrant/warm
        Wēnquán/wēnquán, [溫泉], Arishang Nahiyisi or Wenquan county in Börtala Mongol autonomous prefecture 博爾塔拉...
        wēnhé/wēnhuo, [溫和], mild/gentle/moderate, lukewarm
        
        qìwēn, [氣溫], air temperature/CL:個|个[gè]
        chóngwēn, [重溫], to learn sth over again/to review/to brush up/to revive (memories, friendship et...
        Wēnsīdùn, [溫斯頓], Winston (name)
        gāowēn, [高溫], high temperature
        
        Wēngēhuá, [溫哥華], Vancouver (city in Canada)
        dīwēn, [低溫], low temperature
        wēnshì, [溫室], greenhouse
        wēnshùn, [溫順], docile/meek
        jiàngwēn, [降溫], to become cooler/to lower the temperature/cooling/(of interest, activity etc) to...
        
        
        shēngwēn, [升溫], to become hot/temperature rise/(fig.) to intensify/to hot up/to escalate/to get ...
        
        wēndùjì, [溫度計], thermometer/thermograph
        
        shuǐwēn, [水溫], water temperature
        wēnxí, [溫習], to review (a lesson etc)
        
        shìwēn, [室溫], room temperature
        wēnchuáng, [溫床], hotbed/breeding ground/fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition
        
        
        
        
        wēnqíng, [溫情], tenderness/warmth/warmhearted/softhearted
        wēnbǎo, [溫飽], to have enough food and warm clothes/adequately provided
        bǎowēn, [保溫], to keep hot/heat preservation
·         Mǎkè·Tǔwēn, [馬克·吐溫], Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens 1835-1910), US writer, novelist and humoris...
        wēnwéněryǎ, [溫文爾雅], cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
        wēncún, [溫存], tender/affectionate/tenderness
        wēnrè, [溫熱], tepid/to warm up (food etc)
        
        
        tǐwēnjì, [體溫計], clinical thermometer
        
        
        
        
        
        wēnxùn, [溫馴], docile/meek/harmless/moderate and obedient/tame
        Wēnbùěrdùn, [溫布爾頓], Wimbledon
        héngwēnqì, [恆溫器], thermostat
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        chóngwēnjiùmèng, [重溫舊夢], to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences
        héngwēn, [恆溫], constant temperature
        chángwēn, [常溫], room temperature/ordinary temperatures
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        wēnhépài, [溫和派], moderate faction
        
        
        Wēnqiēsītè, [溫切斯特], Winchester (town in south England, capital of former kingdom of Wessex)
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        Wēnníbó, [溫尼伯], Winnipeg, capital of Manitoba, Canada
        
        
        Wēnbùěrdēng, [溫布爾登], Wimbledon (district of southwest London)/Wimbledon Championships (tennis)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        jiāwēn, [加溫], to heat/to add warmth/to raise temperature/fig. to stimulate
        
        Láiwēnsījī, [萊溫斯基], Monica Lewinsky (1973-), former White House intern
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        wēngùzhīxīn, [溫故知新], to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)/to recall the past...
        wēndài, [溫帶], temperate zone
        wēnwǎn, [溫婉], sweet-tempered/gentle
        wēnwén, [溫文], genteel
        wēnwēn, [溫溫], mild
        
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        wēnliáng, [溫良], warm and kind
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        wēnchā, [溫差], difference in temperature
        
        
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        Āilǐwēn, [埃里溫], Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Yà měi ní yà]
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        Wēnzhōu, [溫州], Wenzhou prefecture level city in Zhejiang
        
        
        
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        wēnrùn, [溫潤], gentle/kindly/mild and humid (climate)
        
        wēnyǎ, [溫雅], gentle/refined
        
        
        
        
        tǔwēn, [土溫], temperature of the soil
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        tóngwēncéng, [同溫層], stratosphere
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        wēnqíngmòmò, [溫情脈脈], full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
        

        gùshì/gùshi, old practice/CL:個|个[gè], narrative/story/tale
        gùyì, deliberately/on purpose
        shìgù, accident/CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
        gùzhàng, malfunction/breakdown/defect/shortcoming/fault/failure/impediment/error/bug (in ...
        yuángù, [緣故], reason/cause
        wúyuánwúgù, [無緣無故], no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for
        gùxiāng, [故鄉], home/homeland/native place/CL:個|个[gè]
        gù, happening/instance/reason/cause/intentional/former/old/friend/therefore/hence/(o...
        yǐgù, the late/deceased
        wúgù, [無故], without cause or reason
        hégù, what for?/what's the reason?
        shìgù/shìgu, the ways of the world, sophisticated/worldly-wise
        biàngù, [變故], an unforeseen event/accident/misfortune
        yùqíngùzòng, [欲擒故縱], In order to capture, one must let loose./to loosen the reins only to grasp them ...
        diǎngù, classical story or quote from the literature
        gùrén, old friend/the deceased
        
        
        gùtǔ, native country/one's homeland
        gùjū, former residence
        gùlǐ, hometown/native place
        yījiànrúgù, [一見如故], familiarity at first sight
        gùnòngxuánxū, [故弄玄虛], deliberately mystifying/to make sth unnecessarily complicated
        gùdìchóngyóu, [故地重遊], to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
        gùqù, to die/death
        gùyǒu, old friend/deceased friend
        míngzhīgùfàn, deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
        gùjìchóngyǎn, to repeat an old stratagem/up to one's old tricks
        fēiqīnfēigù, [非親非故], lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom)/fig. unrelated to one another in an...
        gùguó, [故國], country with an ancient history
        gùtàifùméng, [故態復萌], to revert to old ways
        rúgù, as before/as usual/(to be) like old friends
        yīngù, for some reason
        gùshipiàn, fictional film/feature film
        
        yīránrúgù, back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement/Things haven't changed ...
        gùjì, usual trick/old tactics
        jiègù, to find an excuse
        gùyuán, [故園], one's hometown
        gùér, therefore
        wánggù, to die/to pass away
        wēngùzhīxīn, [溫故知新], to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)/to recall the past...
        gùcǐ, therefore
        gùdì, once familiar places/former haunts
        gùzhǐ, old site/site of sth (palace, ancient state etc) that no longer exists
        gùzhái, former home
        tǔgùnàxīn, [吐故納新], lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fi...
        
        gùjiāo, former acquaintance/old friend
        zérènshìgù, [責任事故], accident occurring due to negligence
        yuángù, variant of 緣故|缘故[yuán gù]
        tāxiāngyùgùzhī, [他鄉遇故知], meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
        bìnggù, to die of an illness

        zhīdào, to know/to become aware of/also pr. [zhī dao]
        zhī, to know/to be aware
        tōngzhī, to notify/to inform/notice/notification/CL:個|个[gè]
        bùzhī, not to know/unaware/unknowingly/fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness ...
        dézhī, to find out/to know/to learn about
        yīwúsuǒzhī, [一無所知], not knowing anything at all (idiom); completely ignorant/without an inkling
        zhīshi, [知識], knowledge/CL:門|门[mén]/intellectual
        gàozhī, to inform
        xiānzhī, prophet
        wúzhī, [無知], ignorant/ignorance
        zhīmíng, well-known/famous
        wèizhī, unknown
        zhījué, [知覺], perception/consciousness
        zhīqíng, to know the facts/to understand/to be familiar with the situation
        zhīxiǎo, [知曉], to know/to understand
        bùzhīsuǒcuò, not knowing what to do (idiom); at one's wits' end/embarrassed and at a complete...
        gǎnzhī, perception/awareness
        
        rènzhī, [認知], cognition/cognitive/understanding/perception/awareness/to be cognizant of/to rec...
        zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī, [眾所周知]/[眾所週知], as everyone knows (idiom), see 眾所周知|众所周知[zhòng suǒ zhōu zhī]
        míngzhī, to be fully aware of/to know perfectly well
        bùwéirénzhī, [不為人知], not known to anyone/secret/unknown
        liángzhī, innate sense of right and wrong/conscience/bosom friend
        bùzhībùjué, [不知不覺], unconsciously/unwittingly
        shúzhī, to be well acquainted with
        zhījǐ, to know oneself/to be intimate or close/intimate friend
        kězhī, evidently/clearly/no wonder/knowable
        zhīzú, content with one's situation/to know contentment (hence happiness)
        zhīmíngdù, reputation/profile/familiarity in the public consciousness
        zhīgēngniǎo, [知更鳥], redbreast/robin
        shēnzhī, to know well/to be fully aware of
        zhīxīn, caring/intimate
        zhīhuì, [知會], to inform/to tell/to notify/notification
        
        bùzhīsuǒyún, to not know what sb is driving at/to be unintelligible
        shéizhī, [誰知], lit. who knows/who would have thought/unexpectedly/unpredictably
        zìzhīzhīmíng, knowing oneself (idiom)/self-knowledge
        bùdéérzhī, unknown/unable to find out
        
        
        zhīshifènzǐ, [知識分子], intellectual/intelligentsia/learned person
        zhīqíngrén, person in the know/insider/informed source
        kěxiǎngérzhī, it is obvious that.../as one can well imagine...
        lüèzhīyīèr, slight knowledge of sth/to know very little about a subject/a smattering
        zhījǐzhībǐ, know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[S...
        huòzhī, [獲知], to learn of (an event)/to hear about (sth)
        wèizhīshù, [未知數], unknown quantity
        bùzhīqùxiàng, whereabouts unknown/gone missing
        xiǎnwéirénzhī, [鮮為人知], rarely known to anyone (idiom); almost unknown/secret to all but a few
        
        zhīxī, to know/to be informed of
        qiúzhīyù, [求知慾], desire for knowledge
        
        zhīyīn, intimate friend/soul mate
        rénrénjiēzhī, known to everyone
        yúmèiwúzhī, [愚昧無知], stupid and ignorant (idiom)
        zhīliǎo, cicada (onom.)
        
        yīzhībànjiě, lit. to know one and understand half (idiom); a smattering of knowledge/dilettan...
        húnránbùzhī, [渾然不知], to be totally oblivious (to sth)/to have no idea about sth
        jìnrénjiēzhī, [盡人皆知], known by everyone (idiom); well known/a household name
        xūzhī, [須知], key information/instructions/it must be borne in mind
        
        
        
        
        mítúzhīfǎn, to get back on the right path/to mend one's ways
        
        
        zhīmíngrénshì, public figure/celebrity
        
        xiānzhīxiānjué, [先知先覺], foresight/having foresight/person of foresight
        qiúzhī, anxious to learn/keen for knowledge
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        zhēnzhī, real knowledge
        tōngzhīdān, [通知單], notification/notice/ticket/receipt
        míngzhīgùfàn, deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
        lùrénjiēzhī, understood by everyone (idiom); well known/a household name
        zhīfǎfànfǎ, to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
        
        zhīxiàn, [知縣], county head magistrate (old)
        zhīzúchánglè, [知足常樂], satisfied with what one has (idiom)
        shūbùzhī, little imagined/scarcely realized
        
        zhīqù, to act tactfully/tactful/discreet
        
        
        zhījiāo, intimate friend
        
        
        
        
        zhēnzhīzhuójiàn, [真知灼見], penetrating insight
        zhīshikù, [知識庫], knowledge base
        
        wēngùzhīxīn, [溫故知新], to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)/to recall the past...
        xīnzhī, new knowledge/new friend
        rénsuǒgòngzhī, something that everybody knows
        zhīqīng, educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        fùrújiēzhī, [婦孺皆知], understood by everyone (idiom); well known/a household name
        
        
        
        tāxiāngyùgùzhī, [他鄉遇故知], meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
        zhīshijiè, [知識界], intellectual circles/intelligentsia
        
        
        
        
        

        Xīn/xīn, abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng] or Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō]/surname Xin, new/n...
        chóngxīn, again/once more/re-
        xīnwén, [新聞], news/CL:條|条[tiáo],個|个[gè]
        xīnxiān, [新鮮], fresh (experience, food etc)/freshness/novel/uncommon
        zuìxīn, latest/newest
        xīnniáng, bride
        quánxīn, all new/completely new
        xīnnián, New Year/CL:個|个[gè]
西         Xīnzéxī, [新澤西], New Jersey, US state
        xīnrén, newcomer/fresh talent/newlywed, esp. new bride/bride and groom
        xīnláng, bridegroom/groom
        xīnshēng, new/newborn/emerging/nascent/rebirth/regeneration/new life/new student
        zhǎnxīn, [嶄新], brand new
        Qīngxīn/qīngxīn, Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong, fresh and clean
        Xīnàoěrliáng, [新奧爾良], New Orleans, Louisiana
        xīnhūn, newly wed
        gēngxīn, to replace the old with new/to renew/to renovate/to upgrade/to update/to regener...
        chuàngxīn, [創新], innovation/to bring forth new ideas/to blaze new trails
        xīnshǒu, new hand/novice/raw recruit
        gǎiguòzìxīn, [改過自新], to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
        xīnbīng, new (army) recruit
        
        xīnxíng, new type/new kind
西         XīnMòxīgēzhōu, New Mexico, US state
西         Xīnzéxīzhōu, [新澤西州], New Jersey, US state
西         Xīnxīlán, [新西蘭], New Zealand
        xīnxīng, nova (astronomy)
        huànrányīxīn, [煥然一新], to look completely new (idiom); brand new/changed beyond recognition
        xīnqí, novelty/new and odd
        xīnrèn, newly-appointed/newly elected/new (in a political office)
        xīnshēngér, [新生兒], newborn baby/neonate
        
        xīncháo, modern/fashionable
        xīnwénjiè, [新聞界], the press/the media
        xīnkuǎn, new style/latest fashion/new model
        
        Xīnjiāpō, Singapore
        xīnyì, new idea
        xīnshì, new style/latest type
        fānxīn, to revamp/a face-lift/to retread (a tire)/to refurbish (old clothes)/newly emerg...
        xīnwénjìzhě, [新聞記者], journalist
        shuāxīn, to renovate/to refurbish/to refresh (computer window)/to write a new page (in hi...
        géxīn, to innovate/innovation
        XīnYīnggélán, [新英格蘭], New England
        
        xīnchéndàixiè, [新陳代謝], metabolism (biology)/the new replaces the old (idiom)
        
西         XīnMòxīgē, New Mexico, US state
        xīnyǐng, [新穎], lit. new bud/fig. new and original
        jìyìyóuxīn, [記憶猶新], to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
        ěrmùyīxīn, a pleasant change/a breath of fresh air/refreshing
        
        xīnfáng, brand new house/bridal chamber
        xīnwénwǎng, [新聞網], news agency
        xīnjiàotú, Protestant/adherent of Protestantism
        
        Xīnyuē, [新約], New Testament
        chāoxīnxīng, supernova
        xīnjìn, newly
        
        Xīnjiàn/xīnjiàn, Xinjian county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi, new construction/newly built
        Xīnjìyuán/xīnjìyuán, [新紀元], New Age (movement), new era/new epoch
        
        biāoxīnlìyì, [標新立異], to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
        XīnDélǐ, New Delhi, capital of India
        xīncí, [新詞], new expression/neologism
        Xīntián, Xintian county in Yongzhou 永州[Yǒng zhōu], Hunan
        XīnHǎnbùshíěrzhōu, [新罕布什爾州], New Hampshire, US state
        
        Xīnxīng/xīnxīng, [新興], Xinxing county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮[Yún fú], Guangdong/Xinxing or Hsinhsing district o...
        xīnyuè, new moon/crescent
稿         xīnwéngǎo, [新聞稿], press release
        xīndàlù, [新大陸], the New World/the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiù dà lù] or Eur...
        xīnjū, new residence/new home
        
        Xīnsīkēshè, Nova Scotia province, Canada
        
        huābiānxīnwén, [花邊新聞], media gossip/sensational news
        
        
        xīnbǎn, new edition/new version
        Xīnjiào, Protestant church/Protestantism
        rìxīnyuèyì, [日新月異], daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)/every day sees new developments/rapid prog...
        xīnwénxué, [新聞學], journalism
        
        
        XīnHǎnbùshíěr, [新罕布什爾], New Hampshire, US state
        xǐxīnyànjiù, [喜新厭舊], lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e...
        
        
        
        xīnzhèng, new policy/New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression)
        Xīnshēngdài/xīnshēngdài, Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years), new generation
        
        xīnpài, new faction
        
        
        
        Xīnshíqì, Neolithic
        gēngxīnhuàndài, [更新換代], reform and renewal/generational change
        
        
        Xīndū, Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
        xīnbiān, [新編], to compile anew/new (version)/newly set up (part of an organization)
        xīnchūn, the beginning of Spring/the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
        
        Yǒngxīn, Yongxin county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
        
        tuīchénchūxīn, [推陳出新], to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
        xīnruì, [新銳], cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc)/novel and competiti...
线         Xīngànxiàn, [新幹線], Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
        xīnguānshàngrènsānbǎhuǒ, (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
        
        BābùyàXīnJǐnèiyà, [巴布亞新幾內亞], Papua New Guinea
        Xīnchéng, Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Huā lián Xiàn], east Ta...
        huǐguòzìxīn, [悔過自新], to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
        xīnzēng, newly added/additional/to add (to what already exists)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        XīnNánWēiěrshì, [新南威爾士], New South Wales, southeast Australian state
        Xīnjǐng, Arai (Japanese surname)
        
        
        wéixīn, [維新], (political) reform/revitalization/modernization
        
        
        
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        Xīnfēndǎng, [新芬黨], Sinn Fein, Irish political party
        cùxīn, brand-new/spanking new
        
        Xīnān, Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
        
        
        
        wēngùzhīxīn, [溫故知新], to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)/to recall the past...
        
        Xīnhuáshè, [新華社], Xinhua News Agency
        
        Xīnjūn, [新軍], New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western st...
        xīnfù, [新婦], bride/(dialect) daughter-in-law
        
        Xīnlàng, Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
        Xīnlè, [新樂], Xinle county level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei
        xīnzhī, new knowledge/new friend
        
        xīncūn, new housing development
        
        
        
        
        
        
        tǔgùnàxīn, [吐故納新], lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fi...
        
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        yíngxīn, to see in the New Year/to welcome new guests/by extension, to receive new studen...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wéixīnpài, [維新派], the reformist faction
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        chūxīn, to make new advances/to move forwards
        
        Xīnyíshì, Xinyi city in Xuzhou 徐州[Xú zhōu], Jiangsu
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xīnyì, [新異], new and different/novelty
        Xīnzhuāng, [新莊], Xinzhuang or Hsinchuang city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
        
        
        
        
        Xīnjiè, New Territories (in Hong Kong)
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