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Open the tool →革旧鼎新 (gé jiù dǐng xīn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to remove the old and establish the new”.
革旧鼎新 is pronounced gé jiù dǐng xīn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 革旧鼎新 means “Reform the old, establish the new”. It is used to mean “to remove the old and establish the new”.
旧指朝政变革或改朝换代。现泛指除去旧的,建立新的。同“革故鼎新”。