重操旧业
chóng​cāo​jiù​yè

to resume one's old trade

  • created sense approved 重操旧业/重操舊業 · chóng​cāo​jiù​yè · to resume one's old trade — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    重操旧业 / 重操舊業

    chóng​cāo​jiù​yè

    to resume one's old trade

    to return to a former occupation or business; to pick up one's old work again

    重 (literal) → 重 · chóng · again 操 (literal) → 操 · cāo · to operate 旧业 (literal) → 旧业/舊業 · jiù​yè · former profession

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

    created sense