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


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