Word data
HSK
Not in HSK
FREQUENCY
Unknown
舊瓶裝新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ
new ideas in an old form or frame
Word data
| HSK | Not in HSK |
| Frequency | Unknown |
Definitions
- 1. lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
- 2. (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)