万象更新

(in the spring) nature takes on a new look (idiom)

used in 万俟[Mo4 qi2]

surname Wan

ten thousand / a great number

Vientiane, capital of Laos

every manifestation of nature

elephant / CL:隻|只[zhi1] / shape / form / appearance / to imitate

to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)

more / even more / further / still / still more

to replace the old with new / to renew / to renovate / to upgrade / to update / to regenerate

abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆[Xin1 jiang1] or Singapore 新加坡[Xin1 jia1 po1] / surname Xin

new / newly / meso- (chemistry)