推陈布新

Traditional: 推陳佈新

tuī chén bù xīn

Dictionary entry

to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

What does 推陈布新 mean?

推陈布新 (tuī chén bù xīn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

2to go beyond old ideas

3advancing all the time

Character breakdown

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推tuīto push · to cut 陈Chénsurname Chen · Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state 布bùvariant of 布[bu4] · to announce 新Xīnabbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] · abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]

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推陈布新

tuī chén bù xīn

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