get rid of the old to make way for the new
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ú Ji ù B ù x ī n, which means to eliminate the old and establish the new; replace the old with the new. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the 17th year of Zhaogong.
Idiom explanation
Cloth: arrange, carry out.
The origin of Idioms
"Zuozhuan · Zhaogong seventeen years:" comet, so get rid of the old cloth new also
Idiom usage
Used of innovation. Example knowing your will, a rotten star shines on you. (Xixiang Xingge by Huang Zunxian in Qing Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : chú jiù bù xīn
get rid of the old to make way for the new
Be willing to bow to the downwind. gān bài xià fēng
a lot of people died of hunger. è piǎo zhěn jí
divide up something just as one separates pea-pods or cuts melons into slices. dòu pōu guā fēn
Under the heavy reward, there must be a dead husband. zhòng shǎng zhī xià,bì yǒu sǐ fū
square accounts in every detail. jīn jīn jì jiào