吐故纳新 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 吐故納新 tǔgùnàxīn ㄊㄨˇ ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄣ lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子 zhuāngzǐ) fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new Character by character 吐(tǔ)spit 故(gù)happening 纳(nà)surname Na 新(xīn)new A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0