喜新厭舊

lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old

Characters and words in 喜新厭舊

to be fond of / to like / to enjoy / to be happy / to feel pleased / happiness / delight / glad

= + : Mnemonic symbol: 喜宴, wedding banquet.

Marie Curie is overjoyed to announce her marriage in the space station. She improvised a wedding banquet with nothing but mandarins and notifies everyone by beating a large drum very quickly with two mandarins.
abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] / surname Xin
new / newly / meso- (chemistry)

= + : Marie Curie and her bride are inspecting their wedding presents in front of the encampment. There's a brand new pair of barbells packed in plastic foil.
(bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with / (literary) to satiate; to satisfy

= + : While eating her favourite chocolate Maud Younger (y) enters the anthill's bathroom (an4) and finds the Saint Bernhard dog (犬) chilling out in the chocolate factory (厂), leaving his hair everywhere, especially in the chocolate. Suddenly Maud Younger realizes that this is the dark secret of the furry taste of her favourite chocolate and is terribly disgusted (厌).
old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

= + : In the year 2076 Joan of Arc (ji) and the sun (日) meet again in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). They are both very old (旧) and have to use dinosaur bones (丨) as crooks.

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