Definitions

1. 1. to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
2. 2. to recall the past to understand the future

Components

• 温 Wēn – surname Wen
• 故知 gù zhī – a close friend over many years
• 新 Xīn – PN:abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang