老生常谈

Traditional: 老生常談

lǎo shēng cháng tán

Dictionary entry

an old observation (idiom)

What does 老生常谈 mean?

老生常谈 (lǎo shēng cháng tán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1an old observation (idiom)

2a truism

3banal comments

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老lǎoprefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity · old (of people)生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 常Chángsurname Chang 谈Tánsurname Tan

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老生常谈

lǎo shēng cháng tán

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