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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *的* | 的* | *的
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
HSK 1
(of a student) to start school / (of a semester) to begin / (old) to found a school / the start of a new term
HSK 2
to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *新* | 新* | *新
new / newly / meso- (chemistry)
HSK 1
New Year / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
to celebrate the Chinese New Year
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *旧* | 旧* | *旧
old / opposite: new / former / worn (with age)
HSK 3
lunar New Year's Eve
HSK 5
by the end of the year / at the end of the year; shortly before New Year
HSK 5
new word (in textbook) / word that is unfamiliar or not yet studied / CL: 組|组, 個|个
HSK 2
to hit the market (of a new product) / to float (a company on the stock market)
HSK 6
New Year's Day
HSK 5
to enroll new students / to get students
HSK 5
new type; new kind
HSK 4
New Year's Day
Lunar New Year's Day
(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform / (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete / (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) / (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue
HSK 6
all new; completely new
HSK 6
new work (book, movie, video game etc)
to introduce new items; to roll out new offerings or content
brand new
HSK 7-9
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate
HSK 5
Dapeng New District, a district of Shenzhen City 深圳市, Guangdong
to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons)
HSK 7-9
to gather as a group to exchange greetings (typically at New Year)
New Year reception
to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc) / (of a locality) to have a transportation service / (Tw) to commute
HSK 7-9
(marketing) to acquire new users; to bring in new customers
to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)
HSK 6
to go round a curve / to turn a corner / fig. a new direction
HSK 7-9
splitcharactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *IP* | IP* | *IP
intellectual property (in China, esp. since 2015, often used as an entertainment industry term for a creative work used as the basis of a new product, such as a manga adapted as a tv series, or the image of a cartoon character appearing on merchandise)
lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom) / fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way / to break through hardships / to blaze a new trail
Sydney, capital of New South Wales, Australia (Tw)
to expand (esp. by new recruitment) / to increase the army / to augment
Happy New Year!
the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
newly minted coin; freshly printed banknote / fresh capital; new investment funds / (coll.) new money; recently acquired wealth; (by metonymy) the nouveau riche
new style; latest type
HSK 7-9
Broadway (New York City)
Hu-Wen New Administration (formed in 2003), ostensibly reform-oriented leadership of Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛 and Wen Jiabao 溫家寶|温家宝
to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record)
HSK 7-9
Fu Jen Catholic University of Peking (from 1925), forerunner of Beijing Normal University 北京師範大學|北京师范大学 / Fu Jen Catholic University in New Taipei City, Taiwan
to set a new record
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
to take up a post; to start in a new job
HSK 7-9
The New Yorker, US magazine / resident of New York
(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern noun的命) / CL:
HSK 7-9
Jinguashi, town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, noted for its historic gold and copper mines, used as a prisoner-of-war camp by the Japanese (1942-1945)
monstrous bird / moa (genus Dinornithidae, extinct bird of New Zealand)
new moon / first day of the lunar month
to bring in the new (idiom); new directions, different creation
rising star; new talent
to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year
HSK 7-9
Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
to establish; to set (a new record)
lit. new bud / fig. new and original
HSK 7-9
Pingxi or Pinghsi township in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡, Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡 and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡 / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
newcomer; new recruit; fresh talent / newlywed, esp. new bride / newlywed couple; bride and groom / (paleoanthropology) later-period Homo sapiens
HSK 6
new style / latest fashion / new model
HSK 7-9
(increased) passenger transportation around Chinese New Year
lit. (may you) have abundance year after year / (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
half the sky / women of the new society / womenfolk
HSK 7-9
novel; new; exotic
HSK 7-9
to mend one's ways (idiom) / to turn over a new leaf
HSK 7-9
the first light of dawn / (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
HSK 7-9
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
(military) to march; to advance / (fig.) to enter and compete in a new market, field, region or arena
CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚
Shulin city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
annual leave / New Year holidays
(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
new (army) recruit
Zhonghe or Chungho city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn
HSK 7-9
new generation
Spring Festival couplet (the first line of which is pasted on the right side of a doorway at New Year, and the second on the left side)
fresh troops / (fig.) lifeblood / new force
new knowledge / new friend
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year
to add (sth new) / newly added; additional
New York
to undergo a transformation; to morph; to turn into / transformed version of sb or sth; new incarnation
(of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
(of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place / not acclimatized
Feng Menglong (1574-1646), late Ming dynasty novelist writing in colloquial (baihua), author of Stories Old and New 古今小說|古今小说
daily renewal, monthly change (idiom) / every day sees new developments / rapid progress
HSK 7-9
young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
New Fourth army of Republic of China, set up in 1937 and controlled by the communists
new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides
traveler (on a long journey) / participant in an expedition / garrison soldier / new recruit
(coll.) person in charge, manager (originally, chiefly in Hong Kong, Macau); (esp.) creative director or founder of a boutique brand (newer, mainstream sense)

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