- lit. If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
- You can't make progress by clinging to old notions.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- If the old doesn't go, the new will not come.
This phrase expresses the idea that one must let go of old habits, ideas, or things in order to make space for new ones or to allow progress to happen.
You must let go of old ideas to welcome new opportunities.
Old habits must change for a new life to begin.
Generated collocations (experimental)
jiù de bù qù , xīn de bù lái旧的不去,新的不来If the old doesn't go, the new will not comebù shě不舍jiù wù旧物,cái néng才能yíng xīn迎新You must let go of the old to welcome the newgēng xīn更新guān niàn观念to update one's conceptspāo qì抛弃jiù旧sī xiǎng思想to discard old thoughtsjiē shòu接受Xīn新shì wù事物to embrace new thingsjiù旧yú与Xīn新jiāo tì交替the old and the new alternatechuàng xīn创新tū pò突破innovative breakthroughsdài tì代替jiù旧de的to replace the oldgǔ lǎo古老de的yú与Xiàn dài现代de的róng hé融合the integration of the ancient and the modernshì yìng适应Xīn新biàn huà变化to adapt to new changesfàng xià放下guò qù过去to let go of the pastzhuī qiú追求Xīn新kě néng可能to pursue new possibilities