破旧立新
pò​jiù​lì​xīn

to destroy the old and establish the new

  • created sense approved 破旧立新/破舊立新 · pò​jiù​lì​xīn · to destroy the old and establish the new — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    破旧立新 / 破舊立新

    pò​jiù​lì​xīn

    to destroy the old and establish the new

    to get rid of old things, ideas, or systems and replace them with new ones; to innovate

    破旧 (literal) → 破旧/破舊 · pò​jiù · shabby 立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to establish 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new

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

    created sense