喜新厌旧 xǐ xīn yàn jiù

love new, hate old; get bored with old

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 38445th word

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old

Characters

Character Meaning
to be happy; glad; happiness
new; newly
to loathe
old; opposite: new xīn; former