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貪新厭舊
  taam1 san1 jim3 gau6   jyutping
  tan1 xin1 yan4 jiu4   pinyin
like the new but not the old stuff

often in Mandarin
Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
貪新厭舊 / 贪新厌旧

This word has been viewed 1805 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by WANNABEAFREAK on 6th Feb 2007 18:12 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03
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Characters in this word:

 taam1  -  covet; hanker after; crave for; corrupt
 san1  -  new; novel; fresh; beginning
 jim3  -  fed up with; disgusted with
 gau6  -  worn; old; past; bygone
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