新事物取代旧事物推动历史发展。

History develops through the replacement of the old by the new.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 新 Xīn
  1. abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆 Xīnjiāng
  2. abbr. for Singapore 新加坡 Xīnjiāpō
  3. surname Xin
=1 新 xīn
  1. new
  2. newly
  3. meso- (chemistry)
2 事物 shìwù thing; object

classifier: 個
3 取代 qǔdài
  1. to replace
  2. to supersede
  3. to supplant
  4. (chemistry) substitution
4 旧事 jiùshì
  1. old affair
  2. former matter
5 物 wù
  1. (bound form) thing
  2. (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
6 推动 tuīdòng to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
7 历史 lìshǐ history

classifiers: 門, 段
8 发展 fāzhǎn
  1. development
  2. growth
  3. to develop
  4. to grow
  5. to expand