老调重弹
lǎo​diào​chóng​tán

to play the same old tune

  • created reference approved 老调重弹/老調重彈 → 旧调重弹/舊調重彈 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老调重弹 / 老調重彈 lǎo​diào​chóng​tán

    旧调重弹 / 舊調重彈 jiù​diào​chóng​tán

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 老调重弹/老調重彈 · lǎo​diào​chóng​tán · to play the same old tune — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    老调重弹 / 老調重彈

    lǎo​diào​chóng​tán

    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 (literal) → 老调/老調 · lǎo​diào · platitude 重弹 (literal) → 重弹/重彈 · chóng​tán · to play again

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

    created sense