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Open the tool →鼎新革故 (dǐng xīn gé gù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to discard the old and establish the new”.
鼎新革故 is pronounced dǐng xīn gé gù in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 鼎新革故 means “Renew the new, reform the old”. It is used to mean “to discard the old and establish the new”.
旧指朝政变革或改朝换代。现泛指除掉旧的,建立拳的。