除旧布新 in English chu2 jiu4 bu4 xin1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiomatic expression); to innovate

Simplified Characters

除 旧 布 新

Traditional Characters

除 舊 布 新

Pinyin

chu2 jiu4 bu4 xin1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

除chu2to get rid of 旧jiu4old 布bu4variant of 布[bu4] 新xin1abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1]