旧瓶装新酒

Traditional: 舊瓶裝新酒

jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ

Dictionary entry

lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework

What does 旧瓶装新酒 mean?

旧瓶装新酒 (jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework

2(loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

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旧jiùold · opposite: new 新瓶píngbottle · vase 装zhuāngadornment · to adorn 新Xīnabbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] · abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]酒jiǔwine (esp. rice wine) · liquor

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