chù
lèi
páng
tōng

idiom
common

Meaning of 触类旁通

触类旁通 means to comprehend by analogy; to reason by extension; to grasp a principle and infer related things. Pronounced chù lèi páng tōng.

  • to comprehend by analogy; to reason by extension; to grasp a principle and infer related things

Definitions & Examples

xué
néng
hěn
qiáng
 
zǒng
shì
néng
chù
lèi
páng
tōng
 

He has a strong learning ability and is always able to comprehend by analogy.

Xué
shù
xué
gōng
shì
néng
yìng
bèi
 
yào
dǒng
chù
lèi
páng
tōng
 

You shouldn't memorize mathematical formulas by rote; you need to know how to reason by extension.

Yōu
xiù
de
lǎo
shī
shàn
yǐn
dǎo
xué
sheng
chù
lèi
páng
tōng
 
ér
shì
tián
shì
jiào
xué
 

Excellent teachers are good at guiding students to comprehend by analogy, not at force-feeding them knowledge.