forsake the old for the new(qì guò tú xīn)

forsake the old for the new

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ì Gu ò t ú x ī n, which means to give up old and wrong ideas or behaviors and seek new measures, new ideas and new methods. The source is wanyankuang biography of Jin history.

The origin of Idioms

"Wanyankuang biography of the history of the Jin Dynasty:" it is not the emperor of the great Jin Dynasty who abandoned the past to seek the new, but also loved the north and the south

Idiom usage

To act as a predicate or attributive

Chinese PinYin : qì guò tú xīn