tǔ​gù​nà​xīn

to practice breathing exercises

  • created reference approved 吐故纳新/吐故納新 → 庄子/莊子 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吐故纳新 / 吐故納新 tǔ​gù​nà​xīn

    庄子 / 莊子 zhuāng​zǐ

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 吐故纳新/吐故納新 · tǔ​gù​nà​xīn · to practice breathing exercises — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吐故纳新 / 吐故納新

    tǔ​gù​nà​xīn

    to practice breathing exercises

    (of Daoism) a technique for longevity involving exhaling stale air and inhaling fresh air to expel disease

    吐 (literal) → 吐 · tǔ · to spit 故 (literal) → 故 · gù · former 纳 (literal) → 纳/納 · nà · to accept 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · [new crops]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 吐故纳新/吐故納新 · tǔ​gù​nà​xīn · to bring in the new — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    吐故纳新 / 吐故納新

    tǔ​gù​nà​xīn

    to bring in the new

    (idiom) to get rid of the old and replace it with the new; to renovate or rejuvenate

    吐 (literal) → 吐 · tǔ · to spit 故 (literal) → 故 · gù · former 纳 (literal) → 纳/納 · nà · to accept 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense