旧病复发 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• old illness recurs ; a relapse
• fig. to repeat an old error
• the same old problem

Character by character

• 旧jiùold, ancient; former, past
• 病bìngsickness, illness, disease
• 复fùagain, repeatedly; copy, duplicate; to restore, to
• 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair

Idioms sharing a character

• 喜新厌旧 xǐ xīn yàn jiù
• 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
• 新仇旧恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn
• 新愁旧恨 xīn chóu jiù hèn
• 新瓶旧酒 xīn píng jiù jiǔ
• 汰旧换新 tài jiù huàn xīn
• 率由旧章 shuài yóu jiù zhāng
• 破旧立新 pò jiù lì xīn
• 旧地重游 jiù dì chóng yóu
• 旧愁新恨 jiù chóu xīn hèn

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