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Chinese Pinyin Translation
尖新 jiān xīn fresh / new and pointed
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
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)
戟 jǐ halberd / long-handled weapon with pointed tip and crescent blade / combined spear and battle-ax
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)
尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best syn
圭 guī jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies / sundial / (ancient unit of volume) a tiny amount / a smidgen / a speck syn
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
尖锐 尖銳 jiān ruì sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness) syn
所指 suǒ zhǐ the objects indicated / as pointed out
红星 紅星 hóng xīng red star / five pointed star as symbol or communism or proletariat / hot film star
尖尖 jiān jiān sharp / pointed
尖头 尖頭 jiān tóu pointed end / tip / (medicine) oxycephaly syn
五角星 wǔ jiǎo xīng five-pointed star / pentagram
尖顶 尖頂 jiān dǐng pointed object / cusp / pinnacle / steeple
尾 yǐ horse's tail / pointed posterior section of a locust etc syn
尖 jiān pointed / tapering / sharp / (of a sound) shrill / piercing / (of one's hearing, sight etc) sharp / acute / keen / to make (one's voice) shrill / sharp point / tip / the best of sth / the cream of the crop syn
抠 摳 kōu to dig / to pick / to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed) / to carve / to cut / to study meticulously / stingy / miserly / to lift up (esp. the hem of a robe) syn
扦 qiān short slender pointed piece of metal, bamboo etc / skewer / prod used to extract samples from sacks of grain etc / (dialect) to stick in / to bolt (a door) / to arrange (flowers in a vase) / to graft (tree) / to pedicure / to peel (an apple etc)
茦 cè pointed grass blade / to prick
六角星 liù jiǎo xīng six-pointed star / hexagram
灰岩残丘 灰巖殘丘 huī yán cán qiū mogote (steep-sided pointed hill in karst landform)
闻过则喜 聞過則喜 wén guò zé xǐ to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out syn
碎钻 碎鑽 suì zuàn small diamonds / melee (small diamonds used in embellishing mountings for larger gems) / splints (sharp-pointed diamond splinters) / clatersal (small diamond splints from which diamond powder is produced by crushing)
五芒星 wǔ máng xīng five-pointed star / pentagram
六芒星 liù máng xīng six-pointed star / hexagram
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
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]
标新领异 標新領異 biāo xīn lǐng yì to bring in the new (idiom) / new directions, different creation
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
招财进宝 招財進寶 zhāo cái jìn bǎo ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year) / We wish you wealth and success!
里约会议十周年全球海洋和海岸会议 里約會議十周年全球海洋和海岸會議 Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10: Assessing Progress, Addressing Continuing and New Challenges / Global Conference on Oceans and Coasts at Rio+10
的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
新锐 新銳 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing syn
新文化运动 新文化運動 xīn wén huà yùn dòng the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
洗心革面 xǐ xīn gé miàn lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf syn
吐故纳新 吐故納新 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 syn
翻空出奇 fān kōng chū qí to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom) / new and different ideas
茹古涵今 rú gǔ hán jīn to take in (old and new experiences and sorrows)
革面洗心 gé miàn xǐ xīn lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom) / to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways / to turn over a new leaf
新儒家 xīn rú jiā New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy / see also 當代新儒家|当代新儒家[Dang1 dai4 Xin1 Ru2 jia1]
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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