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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- to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
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 replace the old with new
- 2 to renew
- 3 to renovate
- 4 to upgrade
- 5 to update
- 6 to regenerate
Idioms (20)
以貌取人
- 1 to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
取长补短
- 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- 2 to use this in place of that
- 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
各取所需
- 1 each takes what he needs (idiom)
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
咎由自取
- 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
- 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions