舊瓶裝新酒

1. • lit. new wine in old bottles fig. new concepts in an old framework
2. • (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)

Character by character

• 舊(jiù)old
• 瓶(píng)bottle
• 裝(zhuāng)adornment
• 新(xīn)new
• 酒(jiǔ)wine