lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
trad. 吐故納新
Also written 吐故納新【tǔ gù nà xīn】
Characters in this word
4吐
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to spit, to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc), to say, to pour out (one's grievances)
- Pinyin
- tǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2590 of 2500
故
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happening, instance, reason, cause, intentional, former, old, friend, therefore, hence, (of people) to die, dead
- Pinyin
- gù
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 17793 of 2500
纳
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surname Na
- Pinyin
- Nà
- Traditional
- 納
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4937 of 2500
新
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abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1], abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1], surname Xin
- Pinyin
- Xīn
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 284 of 2500