discard the old ways of life in favour of the new

discard the old ways of life in favour of the new

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ǐ NGX ī ng é g ù, which means the change of government or dynasty. It refers to getting rid of the old and building a new one. It comes from the miscellaneous hexagrams of the book of changes.

Analysis of Idioms

The synonym is to break through the old and bring forth the new, to clean up the old and bring forth the new, and the antonym is to follow the old

The origin of Idioms

Zagua in the book of changes: "change, remove the old, tripod, take the new."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive. We should get rid of the evil and return to the right as soon as possible. We should not break the thunder, we should follow the idea of innovation and reform. The 80th chapter of Shi Naian's all men of the marsh in Ming Dynasty and the volume of shentongqi: "the head of the imperial government, reform and reform." Li Gefei of Song Dynasty wrote the preface to the notes of famous gardens in Luoyang: "it's charming to match the creation, and it's skillful to compete for beauty at the time of innovation." Xu Shanxin of the Sui Dynasty wrote "Ode to the divine sparrow" that "the quality of literature has changed greatly, and the practice has become successful." According to Xu Hao's Ye Yu temple in Tang Dynasty, "the revolution of the Ding Dynasty solidified the Apocalypse of heaven, and the movement of bandits and people's conspiracy flourished." Xu fuzuo of Ming Dynasty wrote in the story of throwing shuttle across the river: "there are many dynasties, so we should know the number of days of revolution." Guo Moruo's my school days: "moreover, in that period of great changes, schools were mostly folksy stories."