触类旁通
Traditional form:
觸類旁通
Pinyin (reading):
chùlèipángtōng
Definitions:
- to comprehend (new things) by analogy
Characters:
- 触 - to butt, to gore, to ram; to touch
- 类 - category, class, group, kind; similar to; to resemble
- 旁 - side; beside, close, nearby
- 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
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