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

get rid of the stale and take in the fresh

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ǔ g ù n à x ī n, which means that when people breathe, they exhale turbid air and inhale fresh air. It is often used to describe abandoning the old, absorbing the new and constantly updating. It comes from Zhuangzi deliberately.

Analysis of Idioms

To bring forth the new through the old; to metabolize; to admit treason through antonym

The origin of Idioms

Zhuangzi deliberately written by Zhuangzi in the pre Qin period of Zhuangzi and Zhou Dynasty: "breathe, let go the old and accept the new.". Xiong jingniaoshen, just for life. It's also a good place for Peng Chen's longevity examination. "

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attributive and clause, with commendatory meaning and continuous updating. Example: in the old book of the Tang Dynasty, volume 192, biography of seclusion, biography of Wang Yuanzhi, it is said that "Mr. Wang has carried on the bamboo slips of Yi nationality, inherited the essence of virtue and industry, abandoned the dust, lived in the empty and mysterious mind, breathed out the old and accepted the new, and used the technique of Zhi Baiji to recite the wonderful expression of the masses in Sanqing Dynasty. He returned to China to be a hundred years old man with a strong voice from ancient times." In Volume 17 of the book, it is said that "to cultivate one's character, to let go of the old and accept the new, to build a ridge to prolong one's life, to boil lead and mercury to help things." Lu Xun's collection of collected works: "the most people are willing to give up the old and accept the new, and the failure results will fall." the most people are in Nirvana, the fruits of failure are falling, and the new flowers are ready to spit. Lu Xun's "the collection outside the collection

Chinese PinYin : tǔ gù nà xīn