Cherish the new and discard the old(lián xīn qì jiù)

Cherish the new and discard the old

Li á nx ī NQ ì Ji ù, a Chinese idiom, means to love the new and discard the old. I like new lovers more than old ones. From Wangjiang Pavilion by Guan Hanqing.

Interpretation of Idioms

Pity: love pity; abandon: abandon.

The origin of Idioms

The second part of Wangjiang Pavilion written by Guan Hanqing in Yuan Dynasty: "his heart is full of regret. You've done a good job of abandoning the old and pitying the new, but he's just seeing our intention and making such a clever plan. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: like the new and hate the old

Idiom usage

The 37th chapter of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "although concubine is expensive, but Uncle Pei is the first to marry, and he has a son. How can we pity the new and abandon the old?" Chapter 79 of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty: "Xue panben was a man who pitied the new and abandoned the old, and he had the courage to drink but not the strength to eat."

Chinese PinYin : lián xīn qì jiù