lǎo
shēng
cháng
tán

idiom
common

Meaning of 老生常谈

老生常谈 means hackneyed saying; stale platitude. Pronounced lǎo shēng cháng tán.

  • hackneyed saying; stale platitude

Definitions & Examples

jiǎng
de
xiē
rén
shēng
dào
guò
shì
lǎo
shēng
cháng
tán
 
méi
shén
me
xīn
 

The life lessons he talks about are just stale platitudes, nothing new.

Zhè
piān
shè
lùn
de
guān
diǎn
háo
chuàng
xīn
 
quán
shì
xiē
lǎo
shēng
cháng
tán
 

The viewpoint in this editorial has no innovation; it's all clichés.

Guān
jiàn
kāng
yǐn
shí
de
jiàn
zǒng
shì
xiē
lǎo
shēng
cháng
tán
 
dàn
yào
zhēn
zhèng
zuò
dào
què
róng
 

Advice on healthy eating is always the same old platitudes, but actually following it is not easy.

Bié
zài
lǎo
shēng
cháng
tán
le
 
men
yào
xiē
zhēn
zhèng
yǒu
jiàn
shè
xìng
de
xiǎng
 

Stop with the clichés; we need some truly constructive ideas.