exchange the old for the new

exchange the old for the new

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ú Ji ù g ē NGX ī n, which means to remove the old and establish the new; replace the old with the new. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the 17th year of Zhaogong.

The origin of Idioms

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

Analysis of Idioms

To get rid of the old and bring forth the new

Idiom usage

Used to replace the old with the new. This is the inevitable law of historical development.