to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
trad. 標新取異
Also written 標新取異【biāo xīn qǔ yì】
Characters in this word
4标
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mark, sign, label, to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc, to bear (a brand name, registration number etc), prize, award, bid, target, quota, (old) the topmost branches of a tree, visible symptom, classifier for military units
- Pinyin
- biāo
- Traditional
- 標
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 31216 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
取
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to take, to get, to choose, to fetch
- Pinyin
- qǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3148 of 2500
异
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different, other, hetero-, unusual, strange, surprising, to distinguish, to separate, to discriminate
- Pinyin
- yì
- Traditional
- 異
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 25120 of 2500