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 New Year

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company

1 to change or replace

2 to experience

3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided

4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch

2 to eradicate

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

1 everyone participates in reforms (idiom)

2 to replace the old with new

3 to reform and start afresh

1 lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old

1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)