标新立异

Traditional form:

標新立異

Pinyin (reading):

biāoxīnlìyì

Definitions:

• to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)

Characters:

• 标 - mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
• 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 异 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising

Traditional characters:

• 標 - mark, sign, symbol; bid, prize
• 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 異 - different, strange, unusual; foreign; surprising