触类旁通

觸類旁通

chùlèi-pángtōng

idiom #58,210

Meanings

1 grasp one example and understand related cases
2 comprehend by analogy
3 extend knowledge from one field to another

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

他学习能力强，一教就触类旁通。

Tā xuéxí nénglì qiáng, yì jiāo jiù chùlèipángtōng.

He's a strong learner - teach him once and he extends it to related problems.

HSK 6

学好数学可以触类旁通，其他理科也会进步。

Xuéhǎo shùxué kěyǐ chùlèipángtōng, qítā lǐkē yě huì jìnbù.

Master math and you can apply the logic to other sciences by analogy.

Tips

history

From 《周易·系辞上》: 引而伸之，触类而长之 - 'extend it and develop it, touching one category and reaching all related ones.' The core Confucian principle of learning by analogical extension.

Stroke Order

触 chù

类 lèi

旁 páng

通 tōng