送故迎新 sònggùyíngxīn to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 送故迎新 sònggùyíngxīn to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new To bid farewell to those departing, especially officials, and greet the arrival of newcomers to ring out the old year and ring in the new To send off the old year and usher in the new year life of a prostitute Metaphor for the life of a prostitute who constantly sees off old clients and welcomes new ones Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References Synonym 迎新送旧 yíngxīnsòngjiùReferenced by 送旧迎新 sòngjiùyíngxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
送故迎新 sònggùyíngxīn to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new To bid farewell to those departing, especially officials, and greet the arrival of newcomers to ring out the old year and ring in the new To send off the old year and usher in the new year life of a prostitute Metaphor for the life of a prostitute who constantly sees off old clients and welcomes new ones Frequency Written text 0.002 per million Cross-References Synonym 迎新送旧 yíngxīnsòngjiùReferenced by 送旧迎新 sòngjiùyíngxīn Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
