旧的不去，新的不来
Traditional: 舊的不去，新的不來Dictionary entry
lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
What does 旧的不去，新的不来 mean?
旧的不去，新的不来 (jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
2You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
Character breakdown
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旧jiùold · opposite: new 新的deof; ~'s (possessive particle) · (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-去qùto go · to go to (a place)新Xīnabbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] · abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]来láito come · (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
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