咸与维新 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• everyone participates in reforms
• to replace the old with new
• to reform and start afresh

Character by character

• 咸xiánall, together, united; salted
• 与yùand; with; to; for; to give, to grant
• 维wéito preserve, to maintain, to hold together
• 新xīnnew, recent, fresh, modern

Idioms sharing a character

• 咸鱼翻身 xián yú fān shēn
• 事与愿违 shì yǔ yuàn wéi
• 荣辱与共 róng rǔ yǔ gòng
• 欲取姑与 yù qǔ gū yǔ
• 岁不我与 suì bù wǒ yǔ
• 祸福与共 huò fú yǔ gòng
• 与世俯仰 yǔ shì fǔ yǎng
• 与世无争 yǔ shì wú zhēng
• 与世隔绝 yǔ shì gé jué
• 与日俱进 yǔ rì jù jìn

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