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

 舊瓶裝新酒 [ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄨㄤ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄐㄧㄡˇ; jiu4 ping2 zhuang1 xin1 jiu3]
 lit. new wine in old bottles; fig. new concepts in an old framework
 (loan idiom from Matthew 9:17, but fig. meaning is opposite)