粵

格gaak3致zi3

gaak3 zi3inferredgé zhì

English

  1. to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1])
  2. word for Western natural sciences during late Qing

Sources: cc-cedict, synthesized

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