yíng​xīn

to welcome the new

  • created sense approved 迎新 · yíng​xīn · to welcome the new — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    迎新

    yíng​xīn

    to welcome the new

    To welcome the arrival of the New Year or the Spring Festival; often used in the phrase [[辞旧迎新|辭舊迎新|ci2 jiu4 ying2 xin1]] to mean seeing off the old and welcoming the new.

    迎 (literal) → 迎 · yíng · to welcome 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · new

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  • created sense approved 迎新 · yíng​xīn · to welcome new arrivals — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    迎新

    yíng​xīn

    to welcome new arrivals

    To welcome new people, especially guests, members, or incoming students at a school or university.

    迎, 新

    迎 (literal) → 迎 · yíng · to welcome 新 (literal) → 新 · xīn · [new things]

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

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