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萬象更新

简万象更新 · 繁萬象更新

Mandarin · pinyin wàn xiàng gēng xīn

(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)

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象: xiàng · elephant; ivory; figure, image
更: gèng · more, still further, much more; to change, alter
新: xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
万: wàn · mò · ten thousand; innumerable

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4–4–1–1 · wan4 xiang4 geng1 xin1

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maan6 zoeng6 gang1 san1

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(idiomatic) everything has been completely renovated

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