新陈代谢 xīnchéndàixiè The new supersedes the old

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Traditional: 新陳代謝

Stroke order

新陈代谢 is written in 37 strokes across 4 characters.

新陈代谢 — the Chinese character for The new supersedes the old (xīnchéndàixiè), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 新陈代谢 — The new supersedes the old

新 — 13 strokes
陈 — 7 strokes
代 — 5 strokes
谢 — 12 strokes

Senses

metabolism (biology)
the new replaces the old (idiom)

Characters in 新陈代谢

新 xīn — new; newly; meso- (chemistry)
陈 chén — (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale
代 dài — to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon
谢 xiè — to thank; (bound form) to apologize; (bound form) to decline; to refuse

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

新陈代谢 is pronounced xīnchéndàixiè and means “The new supersedes the old”.

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