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Chinese Pinyin Translation
新异 新異 xīn yì new and different / novelty syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
异曲同工 異曲同工 yì qǔ tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome syn
一朝天子一朝臣 yī cháo tiān zǐ yī cháo chén new emperor, new officials (idiom) / a new chief brings in new aides
标新领异 標新領異 biāo xīn lǐng yì to bring in the new (idiom) / new directions, different creation
截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different / different as black and white syn
百姿千态 百姿千態 bǎi zī qiān tài in different poses and with different expressions / in thousands of postures (idiom)
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
躲年 duǒ nián to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve)
迥然不同 jiǒng rán bù tóng widely different / utterly different syn
唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view / to take a different position syn
两码事 兩碼事 liǎng mǎ shì two things that are fundamentally different from each other / two very different things syn
殊途同归 殊途同歸 shū tú tóng guī different routes to the same destination (idiom) / fig. different means of achieve the same end syn
同床异梦 同床異夢 tóng chuáng yì mèng lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom) / ostensible partners with different agendas / strange bedfellows / marital dissension syn
近墨者黑 jìn mò zhě hēi proximity to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修) / different environments provide different influence. / Nurture determines a person's character.
兵来将挡，水来土掩 兵來將擋，水來土掩 bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰 兵來將敵，水來土堰 bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom) / different situations call for different action / to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
破音字 pò yīn zì character with two or more readings / character where different readings convey different meanings (Tw)
翻空出奇 fān kōng chū qí to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom) / new and different ideas
开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture) / to open up (a new seam) / to develop (border regions) / fig. to open up (new horizons) syn
新生 xīn shēng new / newborn / emerging / nascent / rebirth / regeneration / new life / new student syn
迎新 yíng xīn to see in the New Year / to welcome new guests / by extension, to receive new students
纳新 納新 nà xīn to accept the new / to take fresh (air) / fig. to accept new members (to reinvigorate the party) / new blood
New Cronos 数据库 New Cronos 數據庫 New Cronos
小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god)
标新竞异 標新競異 biāo xīn jìng yì to start on sth new and different (idiom) / to display originality
标新取异 標新取異 biāo xīn qǔ yì to start on sth new and different (idiom) / to display originality
古今韵会举要 古今韻會舉要 gǔ jīn yùn huì jǔ yào "Summary of the Collection of Rhymes Old and New", supplemented and annotated Yuan dynasty version of the no-longer-extant late Song or early Yuan "Collection of Rhymes Old and New" 古今韻會|古今韵会
套用 tào yòng to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) syn
转科 轉科 zhuǎn kē to change major (at college) / to take up a new specialist subject / to transfer to a different medical department
另辟蹊径 另闢蹊徑 lìng pì xī jìng to take an alternate route (idiom) / to find an alternative / to take a different approach / to blaze a new trail
半路出家 bàn lù - chū jiā lit. to enter monastic life at a mature age (idiom) / fig. to change one's career / to take up a new line of work or specialization / to enter a profession from a different background syn
特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud / fig. new and original syn
少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn
新愁旧恨 新愁舊恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn new worries added to old hatred (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
旧愁新恨 舊愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn old worries with new hatred added (idiom) / afflicted by problems old and new
一波未平，一波又起 yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom) / a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
拉包尔 拉包爾 lā bāo ěr Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
二元论 二元論 èr yuán lùn dualism, belief that the universe is made of two different substance (e.g. mind and matter or good and evil)
古文运动 古文運動 gǔ wén yùn dòng cultural movement aspiring to study and emulate classic works, at different periods of history, esp. Tang and Song
异形词 異形詞 yì xíng cí variant spelling of the same Chinese word, e.g. 筆劃|笔划[bi3 hua4] and 筆畫|笔画[bi3 hua4] / exact synonym and homonym written with different characters
捡骨 撿骨 jiǎn gǔ bone-gathering, a custom of Fujian and Taiwan in which a son recovers the bones of his deceased father from the grave and places them in an urn for permanent storage at a different location
创新 創新 chuàng xīn to bring forth new ideas / to blaze new trails / innovation syn
全新 quán xīn all new / completely new syn
新型 xīn xíng new type / new kind syn
新版 xīn bǎn new edition / new version
新款 xīn kuǎn new style / latest fashion / new model syn
新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn
换代 換代 huàn dài to transition to a new dynasty or regime / to replace an older product with an upgraded, new-generation one syn
贺岁 賀歲 hè suì to extend New Year's greetings / to pay a New Year's visit syn
拜年 bài nián to pay a New Year call / to wish sb a Happy New Year syn
新居 xīn jū new residence / new home
新知 xīn zhī new knowledge / new friend syn
新风 新風 xīn fēng new trend / new custom syn
新欢 新歡 xīn huān new flame / new lover
新纪元 新紀元 xīn jì yuán new era / new epoch syn
焕然一新 煥然一新 huàn rán yī xīn to look completely new (idiom) / brand new / changed beyond recognition syn
春节联欢晚会 春節聯歡晚會 chūn jié lián huān wǎn huì CCTV New Year's Gala, Chinese New Year special / abbr. to 春晚[Chun1 Wan3]
雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn
别开生面 別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn to start sth new or original (idiom) / to break a new path / to break fresh ground syn
因势利导 因勢利導 yīn shì lì dǎo to take advantage of the new situation (idiom) / to make the best of new opportunities syn
长江后浪推前浪 長江後浪推前浪 cháng jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
新芽 xīn yá new shoot / new sprout
生手 shēng shǒu novice / new hand / sb new to a job syn
新民主主义革命 新民主主義革命 xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng (Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution) syn
守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve
履新 lǚ xīn (of an official) to take up a new post / (literary) to celebrate the New Year syn
旧年 舊年 jiù nián last year / the Chinese New Year (i.e. the new year in the old calendar) syn
簇新 cù xīn brand-new / spanking new syn
项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4]
旧瓶装新酒 舊瓶裝新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ lit. new wine in old bottles / fig. new concepts in an old framework / (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
比较新 比較新 bǐ jiào xīn comparatively new / relatively new
恭喜发财 恭喜發財 gōng xǐ fā cái May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
新不列颠岛 新不列顛島 xīn bù liè diān dǎo New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
更新版 gēng xīn bǎn new edition / new version / update
纽几内亚 紐幾內亞 niǔ jī nèi yà New Guinea / Papua-New Guinea
纽约客 紐約客 niǔ yuē kè The New Yorker, US magazine / resident of New York
农历新年 農曆新年 nóng lì xīn nián Chinese New Year / Lunar New Year
送旧迎新 送舊迎新 sòng jiù yíng xīn usher out the old, greet the new / esp. to see in the New Year
跨年 kuà nián to step into the new year / New Year
新谢克尔 xīn xiè kè ěr New Israeli Shekel / New Shekel
妇女为妇女争取人权协会－新道路 Women for Women's Human Rights: New Ways / WWHR – New Ways
利比里亚新民主替代运动 利比里亞新民主替代運動 New Democratic Alternative for Liberia Movement / New Deal Movement
新政运动 新政運動 New Democratic Alternative for Liberia Movement / New Deal Movement
雄安 xióng ān Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 2017
雄安新区 雄安新區 xióng ān xīn qū Xiong'an New Area, a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, established in 2017
开疆拓土 開疆拓土 kāi jiāng tuò tǔ (idiom) to expand one's territory / to conquer new lands / (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets
上新 shàng xīn to introduce new items / to roll out new offerings or content
幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts
繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn
爷们 爺們 yé men menfolk (collective term for men of different generations) / husbands and their fathers etc syn
分道扬镳 分道揚鑣 fēn dào yáng biāo lit. to take different roads and urge the horses on (idiom) / fig. to part ways syn
别有洞天 別有洞天 bié yǒu dòng tiān place of charm and beauty / scenery of exceptional charm / completely different world syn
见异思迁 見異思遷 jiàn yì sī qiān to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom) / loving fads and novelty / never satisfied with what one has syn
劳燕分飞 勞燕分飛 láo yàn fēn fēi the shrike and the swallow fly in different directions (idiom) / (usually of a couple) to part from each other syn
吴 吳 wú surname Wu / area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai / name of states in southern China at different historical periods
三茶六饭 三茶六飯 sān chá liù fàn lit. to offer three kinds of tea and six different dishes / to be extremely considerate towards guests (idiom)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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