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HSK
to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation
HSK 3
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  *新* | 新* | *新
new / newly / meso- (chemistry)
HSK 1
all new; completely new
HSK 6
again; once more; re-
HSK 2
brand new
HSK 7-9
to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate
HSK 5
to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
HSK 7-9
latest / newest
to renovate / to refurbish / to refresh (computer window) / to write a new page (in history) / to break (a record)
HSK 7-9
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
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  *新* | 新* | *新
abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 / abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 / surname Xin
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
to innovate / innovation
HSK 6
hipster
fresh and clean
HSK 7-9
dynamic update (Internet)
a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
HSK 7-9
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time
to replace with sth new / to upgrade
lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
(of an official) to take up a new post / (literary) to celebrate the New Year
fresh / new and pointed
Crayon Shin-chan (クレヨンしんちゃん), Japanese manga and anime series popular in China
to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
to seek out the new (e.g. the latest tech products)
lit. long in existence but ever new (idiom) / fig. timeless; unfading
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
(political) reform / revitalization / modernization
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to replace the old with new (idiom)
Papua New Guinea (abbr. for 巴布亞新幾內亞|巴布亚新几内亚)
Lanzhou and Xinjiang
Zhang Zhixin (1930-1975) female revolutionary and martyr, who followed the true Marxist-Leninist line as a party member, and was arrested in 1969, then executed in 1975 after opposing the counterrevolutionary party-usurping conspiracies of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four, and only rehabilitated posthumously in 1979
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew
(finance) to participate in an IPO (initial public offering)
to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
in constant progress
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
to innovate
to renew; to refresh
Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
to accept the new / to take fresh (air) / fig. to accept new members (to reinvigorate the party) / new blood
to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging
to look completely new (idiom); brand new / changed beyond recognition
usher out the old, greet the new / esp. to see in the New Year
to make new advances / to move forwards
Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文
brand-new / spanking new
complete change (idiom); facelift / We're in a wholly new situation.
to remain forever new (idiom)
to turn over a new leaf
everyone participates in reforms (idiom) / to replace the old with new / to reform and start afresh
(neologism) (slang) newbie
to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
variant of 嶄新|崭新


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