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推陈布新

tuī chén bù xīn

4-character word Traditional 推陳佈新

What 推陈布新 means

1. to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
2. to go beyond old ideas
3. advancing all the time

The characters in 推陈布新

• 推tuīto push; to cut; to refuse
• 陈chén(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state…
• 布bùcloth; to declare; to announce
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)