usher out the old, greet the new; esp. to see in the New Year
trad. 送舊迎新
Also written 送舊迎新【sòng jiù yíng xīn】
Characters in this word
4送
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to send; to deliver; to transmit, to give (as a present), to see (sb) off, to accompany; to go along with
- Pinyin
- sòng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 387 of 2500
旧
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old, opposite: new 新, former, worn (with age)
- Pinyin
- jiù
- Traditional
- 舊
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2284 of 2500
迎
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to welcome; to meet, to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face
- Pinyin
- yíng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 24519 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