新老交替
xīn​lǎo​jiāo​tì

the old giving way to the new

  • created sense approved 新老交替 · xīn​lǎo​jiāo​tì · the old giving way to the new — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    新老交替

    xīn​lǎo​jiāo​tì

    the old giving way to the new

    the replacement of the old by the new; specifically used to describe the transfer of power or the transition of personnel from the older generation to the younger generation within a team or organization

    新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new 老 (literal) → 老 · lǎo · old 交替 (literal) → 交替 · jiāo​tì · to replace

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

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