旧瓶装新酒
jiù​píng​zhuāng​xīn​jiǔ

new wine in old bottles

  • created reference approved 旧瓶装新酒/舊瓶裝新酒 → 旧瓶新酒/舊瓶新酒 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旧瓶装新酒 / 舊瓶裝新酒 jiù​píng​zhuāng​xīn​jiǔ

    旧瓶新酒 / 舊瓶新酒 jiù​píng​xīn​jiǔ

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 旧瓶装新酒/舊瓶裝新酒 · jiù​píng​zhuāng​xīn​jiǔ · new wine in old bottles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旧瓶装新酒 / 舊瓶裝新酒

    jiù​píng​zhuāng​xīn​jiǔ

    new wine in old bottles

    literally describes putting new wine into old bottles; describes using an old format or framework to present new content, often implying that despite an attempt at innovation, one is still stuck in old ways

    旧 (literal) → 旧/舊 · jiù · old 瓶 (literal) → 瓶 · píng · bottle 装 (literal) → 装/裝 · zhuāng · to load 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new 酒 (literal) → 酒 · jiǔ · alcohol

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

    created sense