得新弃旧
dé​xīn​qì​jiù

abandon the old for the new

  • created sense approved 得新弃旧/得新棄舊 · dé​xīn​qì​jiù · abandon the old for the new — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    得新弃旧 / 得新棄舊

    dé​xīn​qì​jiù

    abandon the old for the new

    to discard the old in favor of the new; to be fickle in one's affections or interests

    得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new 弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon 旧 (literal) → 旧/舊 · jiù · old

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

    created sense