新店溪
Xīn diàn xī
Pinyin
Definition
新店溪
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- Xindian or Hsintian Creek, one of the rivers through Taipei, Taiwan
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
前不着村,后不着店
- 1 lit. no village ahead and no inn behind (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- 3 to be in a predicament
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
壁垒一新
- 1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)