新陈代谢 in English xin1 chen2 dai4 xie4 Meaning

Meanings

  • metabolism (biology)
  • the new replaces the old (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

新 陈 代 谢

Traditional Characters

新 陳 代 謝

Pinyin

xin1 chen2 dai4 xie4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

新xin1abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] 陈chen2surname Chen 代dai4to substitute 谢xie4surname Xie