推陈出新 (推陳出新)
tuī chén chū xīn
Pinyin
Definition
推陈出新 (推陳出新)
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- to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to go out
- 2 to come out
- 3 to occur
- 4 to produce
- 5 to go beyond
- 6 to rise
- 7 to put forth
- 8 to happen
- 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
- 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
- 1 to come out
- 2 to appear
- 3 to arise
- 1 to go out
- 1 to appear
- 2 to arise
- 3 to emerge
- 4 to show up
- 1 to set off
- 2 to start (on a journey)
Idioms (20)
一言既出,驷马难追
- 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鼻孔出气
- 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
- 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
互相推诿
- 1 mutually shirking responsibilities (idiom); each blaming the other
- 2 passing the buck to and fro
- 3 each trying to unload responsibilities onto the other
仓皇出逃
- 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
倾巢而出
- 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength