老生常谈
lǎo​shēng​cháng​tán

cliché

  • created reference approved 老生常谈/老生常談 → 老生常谭/老生常譚 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老生常谈 / 老生常談 lǎo​shēng​cháng​tán

    老生常谭 / 老生常譚 lǎo​shēng​cháng​tán

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 老生常谈/老生常談 · lǎo​shēng​cháng​tán · cliché — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老生常谈 / 老生常談

    lǎo​shēng​cháng​tán

    cliché

    An old observation or a truism; talk that has been heard many times before and lacks any new ideas.

    老生 (literal) → 老生 · lǎo​shēng · aged student 常谈 (literal) → 常谈/常談 · cháng​tán · platitude

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense