推陳佈新 tuī chén bù xīn

replace old with new; innovate

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
  2. 2. to go beyond old ideas
  3. 3. advancing all the time

Characters

Character Meaning
推 tuī HSK 4
to push; to push forward; to put off
陳 chén
surname Chen; to display; to lay out
佈 bù
cloth; to spread; to announce
新 xīn HSK 2
new; newly