吐故纳新

Traditional: 吐故納新

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Dictionary entry

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

What does 吐故纳新 mean?

吐故纳新 (tǔ gù nà xīn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. 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

Character breakdown

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吐tǔto spit · to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc)故gùhappening · instance 纳Nàsurname Na 新Xīnabbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] · abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]

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