HELP!! whats the meaning of this Japanese proverb? "Furuki o tashi ne, Atara shi ke o shiro"?

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Answer 1

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It should be "Furuki wo tazune te, Atarashi ki wo shiru". Originally this proverb comes from ancient Chinese, "Analects of Confucius". It is also known as "温故知新 (on ko chi shin)".

温:tazune (te), to revise/consider

故:furuki (wo), what is old

知:shiru, to understand/know

新:atarashiki (wo), what is new

The meaning of the proverb would be "one is able to derive new understanding while revising what he has learned" on the website below.

http://www.chinese-wiki.com/Verse_11-Analects_of_C...

Hope this helps.

Source(s): mother tongue

Answer 2

furuki wo tazune te atarashiki wo shiru

=onkochishin

=he that would know what shall be must consider what has been.

furuki = old

tazune = examine, check

atarashiki = new

shiru = learn, find, realize

this proverb is chinese one.

'furuki wo ~' is japanese translation.

'onko chishin' is chinese reading.

Source(s): majored in japanese literature