标新竞异 — Chinese idiom
标新竞异
biāo xīn jìng yì
Traditional: 標新競異
Meaning
- to start on sth new and different ; to display originality
Character by character
- 标biāomark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
- 新xīnnew, recent, fresh, modern
- 竞jìngto compete, to contend, to vie
- 异yìdifferent, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising
Idioms sharing a character
- 标新取异 biāo xīn qǔ yì
- 标新立异 biāo xīn lì yì
- 标新领异 biāo xīn lǐng yì
- 咸与维新 xián yù wéi xīn
- 喜新厌旧 xǐ xīn yàn jiù
- 壁垒一新 bì lěi yī xīn
- 悔过自新 huǐ guò zì xīn
- 推陈布新 tuī chén bù xīn
- 推陈出新 tuī chén chū xīn
- 改过自新 gǎi guò zì xīn
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