to get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
to replace the old with new (idiom)
to give (sth) an antique look; to artificially age; to distress
1. outmoded2. old-fashioned
1. old posture2. former situation
1. old school2. conservative faction
1. old system2. former rules
relatives and old friends
Destroy the Four Olds (campaign of the Cultural Revolution)
kyujitai, traditional Japanese character used before 1946
1. old calendar2. out-of-date customs
1. old tune2. fig. conservative opinion3. the same old stuff
1. dwelling on the past2. difficulty in adapting to changes
old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), eighteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled under Xue Juzheng 薛居正[xuē jū zhèng] in 974 during Northern Song 北宋[běi sòng], 150 scrolls
scenes of the past reappear; evocation of the past
1. sale of second-hand goods2. flea market
1. second-hand car market2. used bike market
1. to revisit2. to return to a previously visited spot
新瓶装旧酒 新瓶裝舊酒 xīn píng zhuāng jiù jiǔ old wine in a new bottle (idiom)
旧瓶装新酒 舊瓶裝新酒 jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ 1. lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework2. (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)
旧民主主义革命 舊民主主義革命 jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng 1. old democratic revolution2. bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
旧的不去，新的不来 舊的不去，新的不來 jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái 1. lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.2. You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.