老调重弹
老调重弹
lǎo diào chóng tán
to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
verbidiom
Traditional: 老調重彈
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- (verb, idiom) to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal
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Related Words
奏乐(zòu yuè)· to perform music
→弦而鼓之(xián ér gǔ zhī)· lit. to tune one's zither then play it; fig. to live by the consequences of one's actions
→一丘之貉(yī qiū zhī hé)· jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
→一成不变(yī chéng bù biàn)· nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
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