新老交替 xīnlǎojiāotì the old giving way to the new Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 新 xīn adjective new new; fresh; up-to-date; newly appearing or just discovered老 lǎo adjective old old; aged; (of people) venerable交替 jiāotì to replace to replace; to supersede; to change over from one to another