得新忘旧
dé​xīn​wàng​jiù

abandon the old for the new

  • created sense approved 得新忘旧/得新忘舊 · dé​xīn​wàng​jiù · abandon the old for the new — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    得新忘旧 / 得新忘舊

    dé​xīn​wàng​jiù

    abandon the old for the new

    to be fickle or unfaithful by forgetting old things or people once something new is obtained

    得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new 忘旧 (literal) → 忘旧/忘舊 · wàng​jiù · to forget old ties

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

    created sense