新 xīn new / newly / meso- (chemistry) syn 生 shēng to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student syn 后来 後來 hòu lái afterwards / later / newly arrived syn 出生 chū shēng to be born syn 诞生 誕生 dàn shēng to be born syn 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriot syn 新婚 xīn hūn newly wed syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 爱因斯坦 愛因斯坦 ài yīn sī tǎn Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born theoretical physicist 落地 luò dì to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / to be born / (of a plane) to land syn 出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available 出世 chū shì to be born / to come into being / to withdraw from worldly affairs syn 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed / newly elected / new (in a political office) syn 降生 jiàng shēng to be born / arrival of newborn / birth (of a savior or religious leader) syn 生成 shēng chéng to generate / to produce / to form / to be formed / to come into being / to be born with / to be blessed with syn 翻新 fān xīn to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging syn 脱胎换骨 脫胎換骨 tuō tāi huàn gǔ to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc) syn 土生土长 土生土長 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng locally born and bred / indigenous / home-grown syn 新近 xīn jìn newly syn 新建 xīn jiàn new construction / newly built 生人 shēng rén stranger / living person / to give birth / to be born (in a certain time or place) syn 暴发户 暴發戶 bào fā hù newly rich / parvenu / upstart syn 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality) syn 雏儿 雛兒 chú ér newly hatched bird / fig. inexperienced person / fig. chick (slighting term for young woman) / bimbo syn 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star syn 新增 xīn zēng to add (sth new) / newly added / additional syn 雏鸡 雛雞 chú jī chick / newly hatched chicken syn 鱼苗 魚苗 yú miáo fry / newly hatched fish syn 初创 初創 chū chuàng startup (company, phase etc) / newly established syn 脱胎 脫胎 tuō tāi to be born / (fig.) to develop out of sth else (of ideas, stories, political systems etc) / (fig.) to shed one's body (to be reborn) / bodiless (e.g. lacquerware) 薄命 bó mìng to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women) / to be born unlucky syn 新编 新編 xīn biān to compile anew / new (version) / newly set up (part of an organization) 下地 xià dì to go down to the fields / to get up from bed / to leave one's sickbed / to be born 青出于蓝 青出於藍 qīng chū yú lán lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master / same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 syn 新造 xīn zào newly made 庶子 shù zǐ son born of a concubine 李四光 lǐ sì guāng Li Siguang (1889-1971), Mongol-born, Japanese-trained geologist, prominent in early PRC oil exploration 属 屬 shǔ category / genus (taxonomy) / family members / dependents / to belong to / subordinate to / affiliated with / be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals) / to be / to prove to be / to constitute syn 孽 niè son born of a concubine / disaster / sin / evil syn 胞 bāo placenta / womb / born of the same parents syn 生就 shēng jiù to be born with / to be gifted with syn 新官上任三把火 xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom) 茸 róng (bound form) (of newly sprouted grass) soft and fine / downy syn 聩 聵 kuì born deaf / deaf / obtuse syn 鲲 鯤 kūn fry (newly hatched fish) / legendary giant fish that could transform into a giant bird 鵬|鹏[Peng2] 非婚生 fēi hūn shēng born out of wedlock / illegitimate 李远哲 李遠哲 lǐ yuǎn zhé Yuan T. Lee (1936-), Taiwanese-born Chemist and Nobel Prize winner in 1986 萧乾 蕭乾 xiāo qián Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator 陈香梅 陳香梅 chén xiāng méi Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2 na4 de2] 初生之犊不畏虎 初生之犢不畏虎 chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth 肖伯纳 肖伯納 xiāo bó nà Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), Irish-born British playwright 韩德尔 韓德爾 hán dé ěr (Tw) Handel (name) / George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer 生不逢时 生不逢時 shēng bù féng shí born at the wrong time (idiom) / unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate) / born under an unlucky star / ahead of his time syn 陈冲 陳沖 chén chōng Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress 下世 xià shì to die / future incarnation / next life / to be born / to come into the world / future generation syn 新来乍到 新來乍到 xīn lái zhà dào newly arrived (idiom) 入伍生 rù wǔ shēng newly enlisted officer student / cadet 墒土 shāng tǔ moist, newly-tilled soil 新婚夫妇 新婚夫婦 xīn hūn fū fù newly married couple / newlyweds 新选 新選 xīn xuǎn newly elected 蚕蚁 蠶蟻 cán yǐ newly hatched silkworm syn 新兴工业化国家 新興工業化國家 xīn xīng gōng yè huà guó jiā newly industrializing country 向新独立国家提供援助协调会议 Coordinating Conference on Assistance to the Newly Independent States 中东欧和新独立国家 中東歐和新獨立國家 Central-Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States 新独立国家和中东科 新獨立國家和中東科 Newly Independent States (NIS) and Middle East Section 新近确认身份的难民安置方桉 新近確認身份的難民安置方案 Resettlement Programme for Newly-Determined Refugees 新独立国家会计方法协调理事会 新獨立國家會計方法協調理事會 Coordinating Council on Accounting Methodology in the Newly Independent States 新地壳 新地殼 new crust / newly created crust 援助新独立国家工作队 援助新獨立國家工作隊 Task Force on Assistance to Newly Independent States 安全理事会新当选成员和现任成员研讨会 安全理事會新當選成員和現任成員研討會 Workshop for Newly-Elected and Present Security Council Members 新独立中亚共和国 新獨立中亞共和國 Newly Independent Central Asian Republics 新独立国家 新獨立國家 newly independent State 害鸟 害鳥 hài niǎo pest bird (esp. one that feeds on farm crops or newly hatched fish) 鱼花 魚花 yú huā fry / newly hatched fish syn 塃 huāng (dialect) newly-mined ore 初婚 chū hūn to marry for the first time / to be newly married 升班马 升班馬 shēng bān mǎ (sports, esp. soccer) newly promoted team (one that has advanced from a lower league to a higher league) 提车 提車 tí chē to pick up a car (newly purchased car from a dealership, repaired vehicle from a repair shop, rental car at the airport etc) 新婚燕尔 新婚燕爾 xīn hūn - yàn ěr (idiom) to experience the joy of being newly married syn 降世 jiàng shì lit. to descend to earth (of an immortal) / to be born 陈美 陳美 chén měi Vanessa-Mae (1978-), Singaporean-born British violinist and skier 史瓦辛格 shǐ wǎ xīn gé Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), Austrian-born American bodybuilder, actor and politician 杨振宁 楊振寧 yáng zhèn níng Chen Ning Yang (1922-), Chinese-born American physicist, 1957 Nobel Prize laureate in physics 亨德尔 亨德爾 hēng dé ěr George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), German-born British composer 人非生而知之者，熟能无惑 人非生而知之者，熟能無惑 rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈) 儿女英雄传 兒女英雄傳 ér nǚ yīng xióng zhuàn The Gallant Maid, novel by Manchu-born Qing dynasty writer 文康[Wen2 Kang1] 古登堡 gǔ dēng bǎo Gutenberg (name) / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale 奔奔族 bēn bēn zú lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak) 女生外向 nǚ shēng wài xiàng a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband 文康 wén kāng Wen Kang (mid-19th century), Manchu-born novelist, author of The Gallant Maid 兒女英雄傳|儿女英雄传[Er2 nu:3 Ying1 xiong2 Zhuan4] 斯坦因 sī tǎn yīn Stein (name) / Marc Aurel Stein (1862-1943), Hungarian-born British archaeologist known for his expeditions to Central Asia 紫式部 zǐ shì bù Murasaki Shikibu (born c. 973), Japanese writer, author of "The Tale of Genji" 圣胎 聖胎 shèng tāi immortal body (of born again Daoist) 脱骨换胎 脫骨換胎 tuō gǔ huàn tāi to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly 费米 費米 fèi mǐ Fermi (name) / Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), Italian born US nuclear physicist 贕 dú still-born chick (in unhatched egg) / variant of 殰|㱩[du2] 崔琦 cuī qí Daniel C. Tsui (1939-), Chinese-born American physicist, winner of 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics 庶出 shù chū born of a concubine (rather than of the wife) 活产婴儿 huó chǎn yīng r live-born children 