old trick; stale ploy
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
old trick; stale ploy; hackneyed stratagem
neutralOften used in a critical sense to describe a repeated, unoriginal, or deceitful trick that is no longer effective. Commonly appears in phrases like "故伎重演".
Tā他
shì试
tú图
yòng用
gù故
jì伎
lái来
piàn骗
rén人
，
dàn但
méi没
rén人
zài再
shàng上
dàng当
le了
。
He tried to use his old trick to deceive people, but no one fell for it anymore.
Piàn骗
zi子
yòu又
gù故
jì伎
chóng重
yǎn演
，
bèi被
jǐng警
chá察
dāng当
chǎng场
zhuā抓
huò获
。
The scammer repeated his old trick and was caught on the spot by the police.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
xuān宣
chuán传
bú不
guò过
shì是
zhèng政
kè客
de的
gù故
jì伎
。
This kind of propaganda is just the politician's stale ploy.