老调 lǎodiào platitude Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 老调重弹 lǎodiàochóngtán to play the same old tune to play an old tune again; to repeat an old argument or ideas that have been heard many times before and are now tiresome老调梆子 lǎodiàobāngzi Laodiao opera a local form of Chinese opera from Hebei Province, also known as Laodiao