万象更新 (萬象更新)
wàn xiàng gēng xīn
Pinyin
Definition
万象更新 (萬象更新)
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- (in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng] or Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō]
- 2 surname Xin
- 1 newly added
- 2 additional
- 3 to add (to what already exists)
- 1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
- 1 to change or replace
- 2 to experience
- 3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
- 4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
Idioms (20)
人心不足蛇吞象
- 1 a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
合眼摸象
- 1 to touch an elephant with closed eyes (idiom); to proceed blindly
吐故纳新
- 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
咸与维新
- 1 everyone participates in reforms (idiom)
- 2 to replace the old with new
- 3 to reform and start afresh
喜新厌旧
- 1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old