get rid of the old to make way for the new

get rid of the old to make way for the new

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ú Ji ù B ù x ī n, which means to eliminate the old and establish the new; replace the old with the new. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the 17th year of Zhaogong.

Idiom explanation

Cloth: arrange, carry out.

The origin of Idioms

"Zuozhuan · Zhaogong seventeen years:" comet, so get rid of the old cloth new also

Idiom usage

Used of innovation. Example knowing your will, a rotten star shines on you. (Xixiang Xingge by Huang Zunxian in Qing Dynasty)