除旧布新

Traditional: 除舊布新

chú jiù bù xīn

Dictionary entry

to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

What does 除旧布新 mean?

除旧布新 (chú jiù bù xīn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

Character breakdown

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除chúto get rid of · to remove 旧jiùold · opposite: new 新布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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除旧布新

chú jiù bù xīn

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