格物致知
Traditional form:
格物致知
Pinyin (reading):
géwùzhìzhī
Definitions:
- to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
Characters:
- 格 - form, pattern, standard
- 物 - thing, substance, matter; creature
- 致 - to send; to present, to deliver; to cause; consequence
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
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