标新取异 (標新取異)
biāo xīn qǔ yì
Pinyin

Definition

标新取异 (標新取異)
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biāo xīn qǔ yì
  1. to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality

Related Words (20)

Xīn
  1. 1 abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng] or Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō]
  2. 2 surname Xin
xīn zēng
  1. 1 newly added
  2. 2 additional
  3. 3 to add (to what already exists)
xīn nián
  1. 1 New Year
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
Xīn làng
  1. 1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new
  2. 2 to renew
  3. 3 to renovate
  4. 4 to upgrade
  5. 5 to update
  6. 6 to regenerate

Idioms (20)

以貌取人
yǐ mào qǔ rén
  1. 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各取所需
gè qǔ suǒ xū
  1. 1 each takes what he needs (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 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
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions