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貪新忘舊
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Idiom
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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greedy
new; newly; meso- (chem.)
to forget; to overlook; to neglect
old (opposite of new); former
trad.
(
貪新忘舊
)
貪
新
忘
舊
simp.
(
贪新忘旧
)
贪
新
忘
旧
Pronunciation
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Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
taam
1
san
1
mong
4
gau
6
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
taam
1
san
1
mong
4
gau
6
Yale
:
t
ā
am s
ā
n mòhng gauh
Cantonese Pinyin
:
taam
1
san
1
mong
4
gau
6
Guangdong Romanization
:
tam
1
sen
1
mong
4
geo
6
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/tʰaːm
⁵⁵
sɐn
⁵⁵
mɔːŋ
²¹
kɐu̯²²/
Idiom
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貪新忘舊
(
Cantonese
)
to
love
the
new
and
forget
the
old
; to be
fickle
in
affection
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
喜新厭舊
(“to love the new and loathe the old”)
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Variety
Location
Words
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Formal
(
Written Standard Chinese
)
喜新厭舊
,
喜新厭故
,
厭舊喜新
,
厭舊貪新
Mandarin
Taiwan
喜新厭舊
Cantonese
Hong Kong
貪新忘舊
Southern Min
Xiamen
迎新棄舊
Taipei
迎新棄舊
GT
Note
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)