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格物
  • [géwù]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

格物 [géwù]
  1. 1. verb To seek the principles and laws of something.
    格物是致知的前提和基础。
    Studying the essence of things is the premise and basis of attaining knowledge.
  2. 2. noun Any of the natural science like physics, chemistry, etc. addressed in the end of the Qing Dynasty.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

格物 [géwù]
  1. 1. 动 推究事物的道理
    格物穷理。
  2. 2. 名 清朝末年对物理、化学等自然科学的统称。
See more results for 格物 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

格物是致知的前提和基础。
Studying the essence of things is the premise and basis of attaining knowledge. → 格物
格物穷理。 → 格物

Word Decomposition

格
[gé] 		+ 物
[wù]

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