新陈代谢
Simplified word
新陳代謝
Traditional word
新陈代谢 English definition
xīn chén dài xiè
- metabolism (biology)
- the new replaces the old (idiom)
xīn chén dài xiè
- metabolism (biology)
- the new replaces the old (idiom)
HSK level
Characters
- 新 (xīn): new; newly; meso- (chemistry);
- 陈 (chén): to lay out; to exhibit; to display; to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell; old; stale;
- 代 (dài): to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon;
- 谢 (xiè): to thank; to apologize; to wither (of flowers, leaves etc); to decline;