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革故鼎新

gé gù dǐng xīn

4-character word

What 革故鼎新 means

1. to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate

The characters in 革故鼎新

• 革géanimal hide; leather; to reform
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 鼎dǐngancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs; pot (dialect)…
• 新xīnnew; newly; meso- (chemistry)

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