half new

half new

Half new but not old, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à nx à Nb à Ji à, meaning not new but not old. From a dream of Red Mansions.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: half new and half old

Idiom usage

Deng Xiumei saw that he was wearing a light gray velvet hat and a half new green cotton padded jacket. (2) Zhou Libo's great changes in the countryside

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 119 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "the next day, Baoyu Jialan changed her clothes, and happily came to see Mrs. Wang."