迎新棄舊

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Chinese

		to welcome	new; newly; meso- (chem.)	abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	old (opposite of new); former
trad. (迎新棄舊)		迎	新	棄	舊
simp. (迎新弃旧)		迎	新	弃	旧

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ngiâ-sin-khì-kū

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiâ-sin-khì-kū
  - Tâi-lô: ngiâ-sin-khì-kū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngiasinqie'ku
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋiã²³⁻³³ sin⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ ku³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ŋiã²⁴⁻²² sin⁴⁴ kʰi²¹⁻⁵³ ku²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ŋiã²⁴⁻¹¹ sin⁴⁴ kʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ ku³³/

Idiom

迎新棄舊

(Hokkien) to love the new and loathe the old; to be fickle in affection
- 2011, “山伯英台”, 詹雅雯 (lyrics), 詹雅雯 (music)‎performed by 詹雅雯:
  
  阿嬤講可憐愛情無自由　卡贏自由戀愛迎新棄舊 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  阿嬷讲可怜爱情无自由　卡赢自由恋爱迎新弃旧 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  a-má kóng khó-liân ài-chêng bô chū-iû, khah iâⁿ chū-iû loân-ài ngiâ-sin-khì-kū [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
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Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 喜新厭舊 (“to love the new and loathe the old”)

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喜新厭舊, 喜新厭故, 厭舊喜新, 厭舊貪新
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	喜新厭舊
Cantonese	Hong Kong	貪新忘舊
Southern Min	Xiamen	迎新棄舊
Southern Min	Taipei	迎新棄舊 GT
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)

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