| 推陈出新 |
tuī chén chū xīn |
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate |
| 推 |
tuī |
to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage |
| 陈 |
Chén |
surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 - 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557-589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 |
| 陈 |
chén |
(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display / (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale |
| 出 |
chū |
to go out; to come out / to arise; to occur / to produce; to yield / to go beyond; to exceed / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc |
| 出 |
chū |
variant of 出 (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels) |
| 出新 |
chū xīn |
to make new advances / to move forwards |
| 新 |
Xīn |
abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 / abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 / surname Xin |
| 新 |
xīn |
new / newly / meso- (chemistry) |