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推陈布新

tuī chén bù xīndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom) / to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

推陳佈新 推陈布新 [tui1 chen2 bu4 xin1] /to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate/to go beyond old ideas/advancing all the time/

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Other forms in these source records: 推陳佈新

  • 推
    tuī

    to push / to cut / to refuse / to reject / to decline / to shirk (responsibility) / to put off / to delay / to push forward / to nominate / to elect / massage

  • 陈
    chén

    (bound form) to lay out / to exhibit / to display / (bound form) to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale

    Chén

    surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝[Nán Cháo]

  • 布
    bù

    to announce / to spread / cloth / to declare / to make known

  • 新
    xīn

    new / newly / meso- (chemistry)

    Xīn

    abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng] / abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō] / surname Xin

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