吐故納新 tǔ gù nà xīn

renew; replace old with new

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子zhuāng zǐ); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new

Characters

Character Meaning
吐 tǔ HSK 5
to spit; to say; to put
故 gù HSK 3
therefore; cause; reason
納 nà
to receive; to accept; to pay (tax etc)
新 xīn HSK 2
new; newly