- lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
Characters
- 吐 (吐): to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances)
- 故 (故): happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead
- 纳 (納): surname Na
- 新 (新): abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]; surname Xin
Resources
- Wiktionary: 吐故纳新
- MDBG: 吐故纳新
- Examples with 吐故纳新 on Tatoeba
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