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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 吐故纳新
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 吐故纳新 | tǔ gù nà xīn | - lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 75,029 | 75,382 | 62,433 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 吐 | tǔ | - to spit - to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc) - to say - to pour out (one's grievances) |
| 吐 | tù | - to vomit - to throw up |
| 故 | gù | - happening - instance - reason - cause - intentional - former - old - friend - therefore - hence - (of people) to die, dead |
| 纳 | nà | - surname Na |
| 纳 | nà | - to receive - to accept - to enjoy - to bring into - to pay (tax etc) - nano- (one billionth) - to reinforce sole of shoes or stockings by close sewing |
| 新 | xīn | - abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1jiang1] - abbr. for Singapore 新加坡[Xin1jia1po1] - surname Xin |
| 新 | xīn | - new - newly - meso- (chemistry) |
Other Words Containing 吐故纳新
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 吐故纳新 | - | - | 75,029 | 75,382 | 62,433 |