温故而知新
wēn gù ér zhī xīnwenguerzhixin
- to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
- to recall the past to understand the future
wēn gù ér zhī xīnwenguerzhixin
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences