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老生常談

lǎoshēngchángtán

ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄥ ㄔㄤˊ ㄊㄢˊ

Simplified 老生常谈

  1. 1an old observation (idiom)
  2. 2a truism
  3. 3banal comments
Example

今天的激進也許是明天的老生常談。

jīntiān de jījìn yěxǔ shì míngtiān de lǎoshēngchángtán

What's radical today may be cliché tomorrow.

Keep 老生常談 and it comes back until you know it.

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