標新取異

简 标新取异 · 繁 標新取異
Mandarin · pinyin biāo xīn qǔ yì

Meanings

  1. to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality
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標
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新
xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
取
qǔ · take, receive, obtain; select
異
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标
biāo · mark, symbol, label, sign; stand the bole of a tree
异
yì · different, unusual, strange
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1–1–3–4 · biao1 xin1 qu3 yi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

biu1 san1 ceoi2 ji6

Cantonese word readings for 標新取異. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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biu1 san1 ceoi2 ji6

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標新取異 · biao1 xin1 qu3 yi4
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Exact source record標新取異 标新取异 [biao1 xin1 qu3 yi4] /to start on sth new and different (idiom); to display originality/