旧瓶装新酒 in English jiu4 ping2 zhuang1 xin1 jiu3 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) new wine in old bottles; metaphorically new concepts in an old framework
  • (loan idiomatic expression from Matthew 9:17, but metaphorically meaning is opposite)

Simplified Characters

旧 瓶 装 新 酒

Traditional Characters

舊 瓶 裝 新 酒

Pinyin

jiu4 ping2 zhuang1 xin1 jiu3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

旧jiu4old 瓶ping2bottle 装zhuang1adornment 新xin1abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] 酒jiu3wine (esp. rice wine)