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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 溫故知新 [ㄨㄣ ㄍㄨˋ ㄓ ㄒㄧㄣ; wen1 gu4 zhi1 xin1]
 to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
 to recall the past to understand the future
 

From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 温故知新
 温古知新
 おんこちしん
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 developing new ideas based on study of the past
 learning from the past