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"the New World" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
新大陆 新大陸 xīn dà lù the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆[jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia syn
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
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
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
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
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)
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)
旧大陆 舊大陸 jiù dà lù the Old World / Eurasia as opposed to the New World 新大陸|新大陆[xin1 da4 lu4] or the Americas
人世 rén shì the world / this world / the world of the living syn
减少自然灾害世界会议 減少自然災害世界會議 World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction - A Safer World for the 21st Century / World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction
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
新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud / fig. new and original 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
少壮派 少壯派 shào zhuàng pài young guard / young and vigorous group with new ideas / new wave
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]
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
标新领异 標新領異 biāo xīn lǐng yì to bring in the new (idiom) / new directions, different creation
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
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)
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
团年 團年 tuán nián (of a family) to come together at lunar New Year's Eve / family reunion at New Year's
拉包尔 拉包爾 lā bāo ěr Rabaul, port city and capital of New Britain, island of northeast Papua New Guinea
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
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
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
世说新语 世說新語 shì shuō xīn yǔ A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]
德沃夏克 dé wò xià kè Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904), Bohemian composer, author of nine symphonies including the New World symphony
刘义庆 劉義慶 liú yì qìng Liu Yiqing (403-444), writer of South Song Dynasty, compiler and editor of A New Account of the Tales of the World 世說新語|世说新语[Shi4 shuo1 Xin1 yu3]
改换门庭 改換門庭 gǎi huàn mén tíng to improve one's family's social status by moving up in the world / to switch one's allegiance to a new patron
叶口蝠科 葉口蝠科 yè kǒu fú kē (zoology) New World leaf-nosed bats (Phyllostomidae)
世界金融中心 shì jiè jīn róng zhōng xīn World Financial Center (New York City)
新世界 xīn shì jiè New World
美丽新世界 美麗新世界 měi lì xīn shì jiè Brave New World, novel by Aldous Huxley 阿道司·赫胥黎[A1 dao4 si1 · He4 xu1 li2]
阿道司·赫胥黎 Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave new world 美麗新世界|美丽新世界
世界新闻和传播新秩序圆桌会议 世界新聞和傳播新秩序圓桌會議 Round Table on a New World Information and Communication Order
世界新闻和传播新秩序 世界新聞和傳播新秩序 New World Information and Communication Order
阿道司・赫胥黎 ā dào sī · hè xū lí Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave New World 美麗新世界|美丽新世界[Mei3 li4 Xin1 Shi4 jie4]
阿道司·赫胥黎 ā dào sī · hè xū lí Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave New World 美麗新世界|美丽新世界[Mei3 li4 Xin1 Shi4 jie4]
阿道司·赫胥黎 ā dào sī · hè xū lì Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave New World 美麗新世界|美丽新世界[Mei3 li4 Xin1 Shi4 jie4]
入关学 入關學 rù guān xué theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing the United States as the dominant nation in a new world order, drawing an analogy with the Manchu overthrow of the Ming dynasty, achieved after the Qing army entered China via the Shanhai Pass 入關|入关[ru4 guan1]
下方 xià fāng underneath / below / the underside / world of mortals / to descend to the world of mortals (of gods) syn
世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world / everywhere / in all parts of the world
乱世 亂世 luàn shì the world in chaos / troubled times / (in Buddhism) the mortal world syn
世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first
举世 舉世 jǔ shì throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first) syn
世尊 shì zūn World Honored One / Revered One of the World (Buddha)
大千世界 大韆世界 dà qiān shì jiè great wide world / marvelously diverse world / (Buddhism) cosmos (abbr. for 三千大千世界[san1 qian1 da4 qian1 shi4 jie4]) syn
俗世 sú shì the mundane world / the world of mortals
下界 xià jiè lower bound (math.) / world of mortals / (of gods) to descend to the world of mortals
人情世故 rén qíng shì gù worldly wisdom / the ways of the world / to know how to get on in the world syn
人寰 rén huán world / earthly world
浊世 濁世 zhuó shì the world in chaos / troubled times / the mortal world (Buddhism) syn
四海为家 四海為家 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom) / to feel at home anywhere / to roam about unconstrained / to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own syn
看破红尘 看破紅塵 kān pò hóng chén to see through the world of mortals (idiom, of Buddhist monk) / disillusioned with human society / to reject the world for a monastic life syn
花花世界 huā huā shì jiè the teeming world / the world of sensual pleasures syn
世界最大 shì jiè zuì dà world's largest / world's biggest
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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