get rid of the stale and take in the fresh(qù gù nà xīn)

get rid of the stale and take in the fresh

The pronunciation Q ù g ù n à x ī n, a Chinese idiom, still says to go to the old and welcome the new. It's from the chronicle of the age of Jingchu.

Idiom explanation

It is said that we should go to the old and welcome the new. 　　

Idioms and allusions

[source] in the chronicle of the age of Jingchu written by Liang Zong he in the Southern Dynasty, it is said that "to welcome the new year, we get together to drink and stay for dinner. On the 12th of the new year, we abandon the streets and roads, thinking that it is also good to go and accept the new."

Discrimination of words

Usage: used as object and attribute; used in written language

Chinese PinYin : qù gù nà xīn