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Daily sentence of Chinese idiom

6 年前
zǐ yuē wēn gù ér zhī xīn kě yǐ wéi shī yǐ
子 曰:‘‘温 故 而 知 新,可 以 为 师 矣’’
Confucius says:'if a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge,so as continually to be acquiring the new(or you can say :'learn the new while reviewing the old'),he may be a teacher of others'.
子:master,confusius or sometimes refers to his students.
曰:say
温:review
故:old things or old friends(故人),here refers to old knowledge
而:so as.. to
可以:could,may
为:be,become
师:老师teacher
矣:了,indicating an action accomplished.