花样翻新

huā yàng fān xīn

to keep coming up with new varieties or tricks

Character by character

花huā
flower

样yàng
pattern

翻fān
turn

新xīn
new

这家店的点心花样翻新，几乎每个月都有新口味。

This shop keeps ringing the changes on its snacks, with a new flavour almost every month.

Tone: neutral.

花样 is a pattern or a trick, so it can praise inventiveness or warn of new scams: 骗子的手段花样翻新.

Learn this in Lesson 14 · HSK 5: 来一杯奶茶 (Ordering a milk tea)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.