老调重弹 (lǎo diào zhòng dàn) | Meaning: to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to repeat · to duplicate · CL: gè重复chóng fù

an old observation (idiom) · a truism · banal comments老生常谈lǎo shēng cháng tán

replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited · to keep harping on about the same old stuff旧调重弹jiù diào chóng tán

to revert to old ways故态复萌gù tài fù méng

to play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal