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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 新官上任三把火 [ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄕㄤˋ ㄖㄣˋ ㄙㄢ ㄅㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ; xin1 guan1 shang4 ren4 san1 ba3 huo3]
 the new boss cracks the whip three times
 a new broom sweeps clean
 fig. vigorous new policies
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