ㄊㄨˇㄍㄨˋㄋㄚˋㄒㄧㄣxīn

  1. 道家養生濁氣吸入清氣疾病比喻揚棄有的吸取事物莊子·刻意》:呼吸吐故納新熊經鳥申而已此道壽考。」舊唐書··隱逸·》:璽書先生操履夷簡屏棄吐故納新三清華髮之外前烈自古。』」

lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子)​; fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new