to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
trad. 除舊布新
Also written 除舊布新【chú jiù bù xīn】
Characters in this word
4除
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to get rid of, to remove, to exclude, to eliminate, to wipe out, to divide, except, not including
- Pinyin
- chú
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 7723 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
布
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variant of 布[bu4], to announce, to spread
- Pinyin
- bù
- Traditional
- 佈
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2301 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