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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「除舊布新」, with its definition and usage detailed below.

Bu: arrange, carry out. Clear out the old and build the new. Replace the old with the new.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chú jiù bù xīn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheui4 gau6 bou3 san1

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