更始 gēngshǐ to start anew Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 更始 gēngshǐ to start anew to start fresh; to make a new beginning; to turn over a new leaf; literally meaning to clear away the old and begin the new Gengshi The era name of Liu Xuan, who reigned during the transitional period between the Xin and Han dynasties Frequency Written text 0.204 per million Cross-References Synonym 革新 géxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
更始 gēngshǐ to start anew to start fresh; to make a new beginning; to turn over a new leaf; literally meaning to clear away the old and begin the new Gengshi The era name of Liu Xuan, who reigned during the transitional period between the Xin and Han dynasties Frequency Written text 0.204 per million Cross-References Synonym 革新 géxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)