- 故态复萌 gùtàifùméng to revert to old waysto slip back into one's old ways; to have a relapse into old habits or bad behavior
- 狂奴故态 kuángnúgùtài the old uninhibited ways of an eccentric scholar(idiom) the eccentric and uninhibited behavior of a scholar who disregards status or authority; to be set in one's unbridled ways