HSK东西 Scripts Advanced Search Radicals [collapse definitions]
[破舊立新] pòjiùlìxīn to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate

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        pò, broken/damaged/worn out/lousy/rotten/to break, split or cleave/to get rid of/to ...
        pòhuài, [破壞], destruction/damage/to wreck/to break/to destroy
        dǎpò, to break/to smash
        pòchǎn, [破產], to go bankrupt/to become impoverished/bankruptcy
        tūpò, to break through/to make a breakthrough/to surmount or break the back of (a task...
        pòàn, to solve a case/shabby old table
        pòliè, to rupture/to fracture/to break down/(linguistics) plosion
        pòlàn, [破爛], worn-out/rotten/dilapidated/tattered/ragged/rubbish/junk
        Nápòlún, [拿破侖]/[拿破崙], variant of 拿破崙|拿破仑[Ná pò lún], Napoleon (name)/Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), E...
        pòsuì, to smash to pieces/to shatter
        bàopò, to blow up/to demolish (using explosives)/dynamite/blast
        pòjiě, to break (a bond, constraint etc)/to explain/to unravel/to decipher/to decode/to...
        pòmiè, [破滅], to be shattered/to be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)
        pòménérrù, [破門而入], to break the door down and enter (idiom)
        pòyì, [破譯], to break a code/to crack a riddle/to solve an enigma/a breakthrough
        shípò, [識破], to penetrate/to see through
        pòsǔn, [破損], to become damaged
        zhēnpò, [偵破], to investigate (as detective)/to solve (crime)/to uncover (a plot)/to sniff out/...
        pòlì, to make an exception
        pòjiù, [破舊], shabby
        chōngpò, [衝破], breakthrough/to overcome an obstacle quickly
        zhīlípòsuì, [支離破碎], scattered and smashed (idiom)
        
        pòzhàn, [破綻], hole or tear in cloth/mistake or gap in a speech or theory
        sīpò, to tear/to rip
        pòmén, [破門], to burst or force open a door/to excommunicate sb (from the Roman Catholic Churc...
        huápò, [劃破], to cut open/to rip/to streak across (lightning, meteor etc)/to pierce (scream, s...
        pòhuàixìng, [破壞性], destructive
        pòfèi, [破費], to spend (money or time)
        pòxiǎo, [破曉], daybreak/dawn
        pòshāngfēng, [破傷風], tetanus (lockjaw)
        pòjìngchóngyuán, [破鏡重圓], a shattered mirror put back together (idiom)/(of marriage) to pick up the pieces...
        pòhuò, [破獲], to uncover (a criminal plot)/to break open and capture
        gōngpò, to make a breakthrough/to break through/to breach (military)
        pòchú, to eliminate/to do away with/to get rid of
        
        
        
        pòchǔ, [破處], to break the hymen/to lose virginity
        tóupòxuèliú, [頭破血流], lit. head broken and blood flowing/fig. badly bruised
        cánpò, [殘破], broken/dilapidated
        
        pòxié, broken shoes/worn-out footwear/loose woman/slut
        
        
        pòkǒudàmà, [破口大罵], to abuse roundly
        
        tūpòdiǎn, [突破點], point of penetration (military)/breakthrough
        
        diǎnpò, [點破], to lay bare in a few words/to expose with a word/to point out bluntly
        pòbài, [破敗], to defeat/to crush (in battle)/beaten/ruined/destroyed/in decline
        pòtiānhuāng, unprecedented/for the first time/never before/first ever
        pòjiè, to violate a religious precept/to smoke or drink after giving up
        
        
        jiāpòrénwáng, family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned/destitute and h...
        pòxiàng, (of facial features) to be marred by a scar etc/to disfigure/to make a fool of o...
        pògé, to break the rule/to make an exception
        chéngfēngpòlàng, [乘風破浪], to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
        pòzhéhào, [破折號], dash/Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)
        pòfǔchénzhōu, lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's me...
        
        
        
        shìrúpòzhú, [勢如破竹], like a hot knife through butter (idiom)/with irresistible force
        bùgōngzìpò, (of a rumor etc) to collapse (in the light of facts etc)/to be discredited
        dàopò, to expose/to reveal
        pòcái, [破財], bankrupt/to suffer financial loss
        kànpò, to see through/disillusioned with/to reject (the world of mortals)
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        pòbīngchuán, ice breaker
        
        
        yúsǐwǎngpò, [魚死網破], lit. either the fish dies or the net splits/a life and death struggle (idiom)
        bàopòshǒu, blaster/soldier or workman who sets off explosive charges/petardier
        
        diēpò, (of a market index etc) to fall below (a given level)/to be injured or damaged a...
        
        
        pòtǔ, to break ground/to start digging/to plough/to break through the ground (of seedl...
        shípòtiānjīng, [石破天驚], earth-shattering/breakthrough/remarkable and original work
        yīyǔdàopò, [一語道破], one word says it all (idiom)/to hit the nail on the head/to be pithy and correct
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        jiēpò, to uncover
        diānpūbùpò, [顛撲不破], solid/irrefutable/incontrovertible/indisputable/unbreakable
        
        

        jiù, [舊], old/opposite: new 新/former/worn (with age)
        Jiùjīnshān, [舊金山], San Francisco, California
        réngjiù, [仍舊], still (remaining)/to remain (the same)/yet
        yījiù, [依舊], as before/still
怀         huáijiù, [懷舊], to feel nostalgic/nostalgia
        jiùshì, [舊事], old affair/former matter
        xùjiù, [敘舊], to reminisce/to talk about former times
        pòjiù, [破舊], shabby
        chénjiù, [陳舊], old-fashioned
        jiùhuò, [舊貨], second-hand goods/used items for sale
        Jiùyuē/jiùyuē, [舊約], Old Testament, former agreement/former contract
        zhàojiù, [照舊], as before/as in the past
        chóngcāojiùyè, [重操舊業], to resume one's old trade (idiom)
        shǒujiù, [守舊], conservative/reactionary
        Gèjiù, [個舊], Gejiu, county level city in Yunnan, capital of Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous cou...
        jiùqíng, [舊情], old affection
        jiùshì, [舊式], old style
        jiùrì, [舊日], former times/olden days
        jiùàn, [舊案], old court case/long-standing legal dispute
        jiùzhàng, [舊賬], lit. old account/old debt/fig. old scores to settle/old quarrels/old grudge
        jiùshí, [舊時], in former times/the olden days
        jiùshū, [舊書], second-hand book/old book/ancient book
        fèijiù, [廢舊], worn out/old-fashioned and dilapidated
        gǔjiù, [古舊], archaic
        jiùbìng, [舊病], old illness/former affliction
        jiùwù, [舊物], old property (esp. inherited from former generation)/former territory
        shǒujiùpài, [守舊派], the conservative faction/reactionaries
        jiùwén, [舊聞], old anecdote/stories passed on from former times
        
        xǐxīnyànjiù, [喜新厭舊], lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e...
        
        chóngwēnjiùmèng, [重溫舊夢], to revive old dreams (idiom); to relive past experiences
        jiùdìchóngyóu, [舊地重遊], to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
        jiùbù, [舊部], one's former subordinates
        yīnxúnshǒujiù, [因循守舊], (idiom) to continue in the same old rut/diehard conservative attitudes
        jiùzhǐ, [舊址], former site/old location
        niànjiù, [念舊], to remember old friends/to cherish old friendships/for old time's sake
        jiùxí, [舊習], old habit/former custom
        
        jiùdì, [舊地], once familiar places/former haunts
        
        jiùsú, [舊俗], former custom/old ways
        jiùjiāo, [舊交], old friend/former acquaintance
        jiùyǒu, [舊友], old friend
        jiùmào, [舊貌], old look/former appearance
        
        jiùjū, [舊居], old residence/former home
        liànjiù, [戀舊], see 懷舊|怀旧[huái jiù]
        jiùzhì, [舊制], old system/weights and measures of former times
        
        jiùzhái, [舊宅], former residence
        
        
        
        

        lìkè, forthwith/immediate/prompt/promptly/straightway/thereupon/at once
        jiànlì, to establish/to set up/to found
        dúlì, [獨立], independent/independence/to stand alone
        lìjí, immediately
        Lì/lì, surname Li, to stand/to set up/to establish/to lay down/to draw up/at once/immed...
        lìchǎng, [立場], position/standpoint/CL:個|个[gè]
        chénglì, to establish/to set up/to be tenable/to hold water
        qǐlì, to stand/Stand up!
        lìmǎ, [立馬], at once/immediately/promptly/swiftly
        shèlì, [設立], to set up/to establish
        zhōulì, state-run
        gōnglì, public (e.g. school, hospital)
        gūlì, isolate/isolated
        lìzhèng, to stand straight/attention! (order to troops)
        shùlì, [樹立], to set up/to establish
        sīlì, private (company, school etc)
        zhōnglì, neutral/neutrality
        chuànglì, [創立], to establish/to set up/to found
        lìfǎ, to enact laws/to legislate/legislation
        lìàn, to register (to an official organism)/to file a case (for investigation)
        zhànlì, to stand/standing/on one's feet
        lìtǐ, [立體], three-dimensional/solid/stereoscopic
        zìlì, independent/self-reliant/self-sustaining/to stand on one's own feet/to support o...
        
        Lìtáowǎn, Lithuania
        duìlì, [對立], to oppose/to set sth against/to be antagonistic to/antithetical/relative opposit...
        zuòlìbùān, lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)/restless/fidgety
        guólì, [國立], national/state-run/public
        dàolì, a handstand/to turn upside down/to stand on one's head/upside down
        gūlìwúyuán, [孤立無援], isolated and without help
        zhílì, erect/upright/vertical
        yìlì, to tower/to stand straight (of person's bearing)
        lìzú, to stand/to have a footing/to be established/to base oneself on
        quèlì, [確立], to establish/to institute
        
        tèlìdúxíng, [特立獨行], to be unconventional/independence of action
        lìfāng, cube (math.)/abbr. for 立方體|立方体[lì fāng tǐ]/abbr. for 立方米[lì fāng mǐ]
        lìtǐshēng, [立體聲], stereo sound
        hèlìjīqún, [鶴立雞群], a crane in a flock of chicken (idiom); way above the common/manifestly superior
        duìlìmiàn, [對立面], opposite/antonym/the opposite side (in a conflict)
        biāoxīnlìyì, [標新立異], to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
        
        
        
        chùlì, to tower/standing tall and upright (of large building)
        lìzúdiǎn, [立足點], foothold
        lìzhì, to be determined/to be resolved
        lìfāngtǐ, [立方體], cube/cubic
        
        
        lìgōng, to render meritorious service/to make worthy contributions/to distinguish onesel...
        Lìtáowǎnrén, Lithuanian (person)
        lìjiāoqiáo, [立交橋], overpass/flyover
        shìlì, municipal/city/city-run
        
        dúlìzìzhǔ, [獨立自主], independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination/to act independently/to m...
        dǐngtiānlìdì, [頂天立地], lit. able to support both heaven and earth/of indomitable spirit (idiom)
        sǒnglì, [聳立], to stand tall/to tower aloft
        lìshí, [立時], right away/quickly/immediately
        
        dāngjīlìduàn, [當機立斷], to make prompt decisions (idiom)
        dìnglì, [訂立], to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc)/to set up (a rule etc)
        tíngtíngyùlì, slender and elegant (of a woman)
        tǐnglì, to stand erect/to stand upright
        lìguó, [立國], to found a country
        
        chuànglìzhě, [創立者], founder
        
        
        chéngjiālìyè, [成家立業], to get married and start a career (idiom)/to settle down/to establish oneself
        lìxià, to set up/to establish
        
        dǐnglì, lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod/tripartite confrontation or balanc...
        fēnlì, to establish as separate entities/to divide (a company etc) into independent ent...
竿         lìgānjiànyǐng, [立竿見影], lit. set up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); fig. instant effect/quick results
        
        
        shùlì, [豎立], to erect/to set upright/to stand
        Lìtǐpài, [立體派], Cubism
        Èlìtèlǐyà, [厄立特里亞], Eritrea
        zhùlì, [佇立], to stand for a long time
        
        
        
        
        
        línlì, to stand in great numbers
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        Tèlìnídá, [特立尼達], Trinidad
        érlìzhīnián, aged thirty (see 三十而立)
        
        
        ānshēnlìmìng, settle down and get on with one's pursuit
        shìbùliǎnglì, [勢不兩立], the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences/incompatible s...
        
        jiàngōnglìyè, [建功立業], to achieve or accomplish goals
        zhōnglìguó, [中立國], neutral country
        lìzhuàn, [立傳], to record sb's achievements in writing/to write a biography enhancing the subjec...
        
        
        lìtǐtú, [立體圖], three-dimensional figure/hologram/stereogram
        lìfǎwěiyuán, [立法委員], member of the Legislative Yuan (Tw)
        lìxiàng, [立項], to launch a project
        
        
        TèlìnídáhéDuōbāgē, [特立尼達和多巴哥], Trinidad and Tobago
        
        jiélì, to be alone/to stand in isolation
        
        
        
        
        
        lìfāngmǐ, cubic meter (unit of volume)
        
        
        
        
        
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        lìfǎhuì, [立法會], legislative council/LegCo (Hong Kong)
        
        
        
        
        sùlì, [肅立], to stand respectfully/(of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic
        
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        Shuānglìrén, [雙立人], J. A. Henckels (brand)
        
        
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        lìshēn, to stand up/to conduct oneself
        lìlùn, [立論], proposition/argument
        
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        shùbēilìzhuàn, [樹碑立傳], lit. to erect a stele and write a biography (idiom)/to monumentalize/to glorify/...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
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        lìfānggēn, cubic root (math.)
        Rìlì, Hitachi, Ltd.
        
        
        

        Xīn/xīn, abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xīn jiāng] or Singapore 新加坡[Xīn jiā pō]/surname Xin, new/n...
        chóngxīn, again/once more/re-
        xīnwén, [新聞], news/CL:條|条[tiáo],個|个[gè]
        xīnxiān, [新鮮], fresh (experience, food etc)/freshness/novel/uncommon
        zuìxīn, latest/newest
        xīnniáng, bride
        quánxīn, all new/completely new
        xīnnián, New Year/CL:個|个[gè]
西         Xīnzéxī, [新澤西], New Jersey, US state
        xīnrén, newcomer/fresh talent/newlywed, esp. new bride/bride and groom
        xīnláng, bridegroom/groom
        xīnshēng, new/newborn/emerging/nascent/rebirth/regeneration/new life/new student
        zhǎnxīn, [嶄新], brand new
        Qīngxīn/qīngxīn, Qingxin county in Qingyuan 清远, Guangdong, fresh and clean
        Xīnàoěrliáng, [新奧爾良], New Orleans, Louisiana
        xīnhūn, newly wed
        gēngxīn, to replace the old with new/to renew/to renovate/to upgrade/to update/to regener...
        chuàngxīn, [創新], innovation/to bring forth new ideas/to blaze new trails
        xīnshǒu, new hand/novice/raw recruit
        gǎiguòzìxīn, [改過自新], to reform and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
        xīnbīng, new (army) recruit
        
        xīnxíng, new type/new kind
西         XīnMòxīgēzhōu, New Mexico, US state
西         Xīnzéxīzhōu, [新澤西州], New Jersey, US state
西         Xīnxīlán, [新西蘭], New Zealand
        xīnxīng, nova (astronomy)
        huànrányīxīn, [煥然一新], to look completely new (idiom); brand new/changed beyond recognition
        xīnqí, novelty/new and odd
        xīnrèn, newly-appointed/newly elected/new (in a political office)
        xīnshēngér, [新生兒], newborn baby/neonate
        
        xīncháo, modern/fashionable
        xīnwénjiè, [新聞界], the press/the media
        xīnkuǎn, new style/latest fashion/new model
        
        Xīnjiāpō, Singapore
        xīnyì, new idea
        xīnshì, new style/latest type
        fānxīn, to revamp/a face-lift/to retread (a tire)/to refurbish (old clothes)/newly emerg...
        xīnwénjìzhě, [新聞記者], journalist
        shuāxīn, to renovate/to refurbish/to refresh (computer window)/to write a new page (in hi...
        géxīn, to innovate/innovation
        XīnYīnggélán, [新英格蘭], New England
        
        xīnchéndàixiè, [新陳代謝], metabolism (biology)/the new replaces the old (idiom)
        
西         XīnMòxīgē, New Mexico, US state
        xīnyǐng, [新穎], lit. new bud/fig. new and original
        jìyìyóuxīn, [記憶猶新], to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)
        ěrmùyīxīn, a pleasant change/a breath of fresh air/refreshing
        
        xīnfáng, brand new house/bridal chamber
        xīnwénwǎng, [新聞網], news agency
        xīnjiàotú, Protestant/adherent of Protestantism
        
        Xīnyuē, [新約], New Testament
        chāoxīnxīng, supernova
        xīnjìn, newly
        
        Xīnjiàn/xīnjiàn, Xinjian county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi, new construction/newly built
        Xīnjìyuán/xīnjìyuán, [新紀元], New Age (movement), new era/new epoch
        
        biāoxīnlìyì, [標新立異], to make a show of being original or unconventional (idiom)
        XīnDélǐ, New Delhi, capital of India
        xīncí, [新詞], new expression/neologism
        Xīntián, Xintian county in Yongzhou 永州[Yǒng zhōu], Hunan
        XīnHǎnbùshíěrzhōu, [新罕布什爾州], New Hampshire, US state
        
        Xīnxīng/xīnxīng, [新興], Xinxing county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮[Yún fú], Guangdong/Xinxing or Hsinhsing district o...
        xīnyuè, new moon/crescent
稿         xīnwéngǎo, [新聞稿], press release
        xīndàlù, [新大陸], the New World/the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiù dà lù] or Eur...
        xīnjū, new residence/new home
        
        Xīnsīkēshè, Nova Scotia province, Canada
        
        huābiānxīnwén, [花邊新聞], media gossip/sensational news
        
        
        xīnbǎn, new edition/new version
        Xīnjiào, Protestant church/Protestantism
        rìxīnyuèyì, [日新月異], daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)/every day sees new developments/rapid prog...
        xīnwénxué, [新聞學], journalism
        
        
        XīnHǎnbùshíěr, [新罕布什爾], New Hampshire, US state
        xǐxīnyànjiù, [喜新厭舊], lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e...
        
        
        
        xīnzhèng, new policy/New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression)
        Xīnshēngdài/xīnshēngdài, Cenozoic (geological era covering the last 65m years), new generation
        
        xīnpài, new faction
        
        
        
        Xīnshíqì, Neolithic
        gēngxīnhuàndài, [更新換代], reform and renewal/generational change
        
        
        Xīndū, Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市[Chéng dū shì], Sichuan
        xīnbiān, [新編], to compile anew/new (version)/newly set up (part of an organization)
        xīnchūn, the beginning of Spring/the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day
        
        Yǒngxīn, Yongxin county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi
        
        tuīchénchūxīn, [推陳出新], to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
        xīnruì, [新銳], cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc)/novel and competiti...
线         Xīngànxiàn, [新幹線], Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train)
        xīnguānshàngrènsānbǎhuǒ, (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
        
        BābùyàXīnJǐnèiyà, [巴布亞新幾內亞], Papua New Guinea
        Xīnchéng, Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Huā lián Xiàn], east Ta...
        huǐguòzìxīn, [悔過自新], to repent and start afresh (idiom); to turn over a new leaf
        xīnzēng, newly added/additional/to add (to what already exists)
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        XīnNánWēiěrshì, [新南威爾士], New South Wales, southeast Australian state
        Xīnjǐng, Arai (Japanese surname)
        
        
        wéixīn, [維新], (political) reform/revitalization/modernization
        
        
        
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        Xīnfēndǎng, [新芬黨], Sinn Fein, Irish political party
        cùxīn, brand-new/spanking new
        
        Xīnān, Xin'an county in Luoyang 洛陽|洛阳, Henan
        
        
        
        wēngùzhīxīn, [溫故知新], to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)/to recall the past...
        
        Xīnhuáshè, [新華社], Xinhua News Agency
        
        Xīnjūn, [新軍], New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western st...
        xīnfù, [新婦], bride/(dialect) daughter-in-law
        
        Xīnlàng, Sina, Chinese web portal and online media company
        Xīnlè, [新樂], Xinle county level city in Shijiazhuang 石家莊|石家庄[Shí jiā zhuāng], Hebei
        xīnzhī, new knowledge/new friend
        
        xīncūn, new housing development
        
        
        
        
        
        
        tǔgùnàxīn, [吐故納新], lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fi...
        
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        yíngxīn, to see in the New Year/to welcome new guests/by extension, to receive new studen...
        
        
        
        
        
        
        wéixīnpài, [維新派], the reformist faction
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        chūxīn, to make new advances/to move forwards
        
        Xīnyíshì, Xinyi city in Xuzhou 徐州[Xú zhōu], Jiangsu
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xīnyì, [新異], new and different/novelty
        Xīnzhuāng, [新莊], Xinzhuang or Hsinchuang city in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
        
        
        
        
        Xīnjiè, New Territories (in Hong Kong)
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