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喜新厌旧
xǐ xīn yàn jiù
What 喜新厌旧 means
- lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old
The characters in 喜新厌旧
- 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
- 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)
- 厌yàn(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with; (literary) to satiate; to satisfy
- 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新; former
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