新瓶旧酒
xīn​píng​jiù​jiǔ

old wine in a new bottle

  • created sense approved 新瓶旧酒/新瓶舊酒 · xīn​píng​jiù​jiǔ · old wine in a new bottle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    新瓶旧酒 / 新瓶舊酒

    xīn​píng​jiù​jiǔ

    old wine in a new bottle

    (idiom) something presented in a new form or format while the actual content or substance remains the same; a lack of original ideas

    新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new 瓶 (literal) → 瓶 · píng · bottle 旧 (literal) → 旧/舊 · jiù · old 酒 (literal) → 酒 · jiǔ · alcohol

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

    created sense