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旧瓶装新酒 (舊瓶裝新酒)

jiù píng zhuāng xīn jiǔ

Definition

  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 Decomposition

旧
=
丨
+
日
瓶
=
并
+
瓦
装
=
壮
+
衣
新
=
亲
+
斤
酒
=
氵
+
⾣

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