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
推陈出新
tuī chén chū xīn
1 to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
新陈代谢
xīn chén dài xiè
1 metabolism (biology)
2 the new replaces the old (idiom)
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
暗渡陈仓
àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
沥陈鄙见
lì chén bǐ jiàn
1 to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
铺天盖地
pū tiān gài dì
1 lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering
2 omnipresent
3 of universal importance
铺张浪费
pū zhāng làng fèi
1 extravagance and waste (idiom)
陈谷子烂芝麻
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
1 lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
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