吐故纳新
Traditional form:
吐故納新
Pinyin (reading):
tǔgùnàxīn
Definitions:
- lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子／庄子 ( Zhuāngzǐ)); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
Characters:
- 吐 - to vomit, to spew out, to cough up; to say
- 故 - reason, cause; happening, instance
- 纳 - to adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
- 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern
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