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Home / Idiom / 故态复萌

to revert to old ways

故态复萌
gù tài fù méng
g+ù·4th tonet+ài·4th tonef+ù·4th tonem+éng·2nd tone
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to repeat an old stratagem · up to one's old tricks故伎重演gù jì chóng yǎnold illness recurs (idiom); a relapse · fig. to repeat an old error · the same old problem旧病复发jiù bìng fù fāto play the same old tune (idiom); unoriginal老调重弹lǎo diào chóng tánto repeat · to duplicate · CL: gè重复chóng fùold habits are hard to change (idiom)积习难改jī xí nán gǎi
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