老牛破车 (lǎo niú pò chē) | Meaning: lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

unhurried · calm · composed · leisurely慢条斯理màn tiáo sī lǐ

lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom) · fig. to move at a snail's pace · to make slow progress蜗行牛步wō xíng niú bù

old · opposite: new 新 · former · worn (with age)旧jiù

lit. old ox pulling a shabby cart (idiom) · fig. slow and inefficient