标新取异 biāo xīn qǔ yì

to be different on purpose; show new, odd ideas

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality

Characters

Character Meaning
标 biāo HSK 4
mark; label; sign
新 xīn HSK 2
new; newly
取 qǔ HSK 4
to take; to get; to choose
异 yì HSK 6
different; strange; unusual