xīn chén dài xiè

Traditional: 新陳代謝

HSK 7–9

新陈代谢 (xīn chén dài xiè) is a Chinese word meaning “metabolism (biology); the new replaces the old (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1metabolism (biology)
  2. 2the new replaces the old (idiom)

Characters in 新陈代谢

新xīn · new陈chén · (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display代dài · to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute谢xiè · to thank

Related words

谢谢to thank新new新abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1]感谢to thank; to be grateful重新again; once more; re-代表representative新闻news谢to thank谢surname Xie多谢many thanks年代a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties)时代age

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