重操旧业 — Chinese idiom
重操旧业
chóng cāo jiù yè
Traditional: 重操舊業
Meaning
- to resume one's old trade
Character by character
- 重chóngheavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 操cāoto conduct, to manage, to run
- 旧jiùold, ancient; former, past
- 业yèbusiness, profession; to study, to work
Idioms sharing a character
- 一言为重 yī yán wéi zhòng
- 不知轻重 bù zhī qīng zhòng
- 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
- 卷土重来 juǎn tǔ chóng lái
- 名重识暗 míng zhòng shí àn
- 问鼎轻重 wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
- 如释重负 rú shì zhòng fù
- 委以重任 wěi yǐ zhòng rèn
- 山峦重叠 shān luán chóng dié
- 德高望重 dé gāo wàng zhòng
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