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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *新* | 新* | *新
new / newly / meso- (chemistry)
HSK 1
to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails / innovation
HSK 3
all new; completely new
HSK 6
to introduce new items; to roll out new offerings or content
again; once more; re-
HSK 2
to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate
HSK 5
(marketing) to acquire new users; to bring in new customers
brand new
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
(political) reform / revitalization / modernization
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868)
a pleasant change / a breath of fresh air / refreshing
HSK 7-9
to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
HSK 7-9
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
(of an official) to take up a new post / (literary) to celebrate the New Year
fresh / new and pointed
to turn over a new leaf
to replace the old with new (idiom)
to seek out the new (e.g. the latest tech products)
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
Crayon Shin-chan, manga and anime series
to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
to accept the new / to take fresh (air) / fig. to accept new members (to reinvigorate the party) / new blood
Papua New Guinea (abbr. for 巴布亞新幾內亞|巴布亚新几内亚)
to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
to reform oneself / to mend one's ways and start life anew
(finance) to participate in an IPO (initial public offering)
to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
in constant progress
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to replace with sth new / to upgrade
to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects) / to recall the past to understand the future
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
to innovate
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate / to go beyond old ideas / advancing all the time
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 remain forever new (idiom)
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
to renew; to refresh
to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging
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
out with the old and in with the new (idiom)
to make new advances / to move forwards
lit. long in existence but ever new (idiom) / fig. timeless; unfading
Yongzhen Reform, Tang dynasty failed reform movement of 805 led by Wang Shuwen 王叔文
Lanzhou and Xinjiang
everyone participates in reforms (idiom) / to replace the old with new / to reform and start afresh
dynamic update (Internet)
brand-new / spanking new
to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
complete change (idiom); facelift / We're in a wholly new situation.
(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)
(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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