推陈出新 — Chinese idiom
推陈出新
tuī chén chū xīn
Traditional: 推陳出新
Meaning
- to push out the old and bring in the new ; to innovate
Character by character
- 推tuīto push; to expel; to drive; to decline
- 陈chénto display, to exhibit; to plead; surname
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 新xīnnew, recent, fresh, modern
Idioms sharing a character
- 互相推诿 hù xiāng tuī wěi
- 半推半就 bàn tuī bàn jiù
- 推来推去 tuī lái tuī qù
- 推心置腹 tuī xīn zhì fù
- 推杯换盏 tuī bēi huàn zhǎn
- 推波助澜 tuī bō zhù lán
- 推贤让能 tuī xián ràng néng
- 推陈布新 tuī chén bù xīn
- 沙盘推演 shā pán tuī yǎn
- 乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén
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