长江后浪推前浪
cháng​jiāng​hòu​làng​tuī​qián​làng

the new replaces the old

  • created sense approved 长江后浪推前浪/長江後浪推前浪 · cháng​jiāng​hòu​làng​tuī​qián​làng · the new replaces the old — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长江后浪推前浪 / 長江後浪推前浪

    cháng​jiāng​hòu​làng​tuī​qián​làng

    the new replaces the old

    The rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before; describes the constant evolution of things or how each new generation excels the previous one

    长江 (literal) → 长江/長江 · cháng​jiāng · Yangtze River 后浪推前浪 (literal) → 后浪推前浪/後浪推前浪 · hòu​làng​tuī​qián​làng · the new excels the old

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

    created sense