Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「迎新棄舊」, explained below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「迎新棄舊」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
Refers to leaving an old husband and marrying a new one.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
yíng xīn qì jiù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
ying4 san1 hei3 gau6
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

