老生常談

See also: 老生常谈

Chinese

		laosheng
trad. (老生常談)		老生	常談
simp. (老生常谈)		老生	常谈
alternative forms		老生常譚／老生常谭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshēngchángtán

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄥ ㄔㄤˊ ㄊㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ sang¹ soeng⁴ taam⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshēngchángtán
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄥ ㄔㄤˊ ㄊㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshengchángtán
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shêng¹-chʻang²-tʻan²
    • Yale: lǎu-shēng-cháng-tán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshengcharngtarn
    • Palladius: лаошэнчантань (laošɛnčantanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ tʰän³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ sang¹ soeng⁴ taam⁴
    • Yale: lóuh sāng sèuhng tàahm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sang¹ soeng⁴ taam⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ seng¹ sêng⁴ tam⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ sœːŋ²¹ tʰaːm²¹/

Idiom

老生常談

1. clichés; trite remarks; platitude

Synonyms

• 陳詞濫調／陈词滥调 (chéncílàndiào)