Traduction :
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
Référence :
格:推究;致:求得。穷究事物原理,从而获得知识。
Origine :
《礼记·大学》:“致知在格物,物格而后知至。”
Exemple :
顾彼西洋以~为学问本始,中国非不尔云也,独何以民智之相越乃如此耶?(严复《原强》)
Annotation :
格物致知1
1. géwùzhìzhī :
[EN] to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end