送旧迎新 (送舊迎新)
sòng jiù yíng xīn
Pinyin
Definition
送旧迎新 (送舊迎新)
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- usher out the old, greet the new
- esp. to see in the New Year
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)
千里送鹅毛
- 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
千里送鹅毛,礼轻人意重
- 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛,礼轻情意重
- 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
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