旧调重弹 — Chinese idiom
旧调重弹
jiù diào chóng tán
Traditional: 舊調重彈
Meaning
- replaying the same old tunes ; conservative, unoriginal and discredited
- to keep harping on about the same old stuff
Character by character
- 旧jiùold, ancient; former, past
- 调diàotune, melody, key; to transfer, to exchange
- 重chóngheavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
- 弹tánbullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
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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