old trick; previous stratagem
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old tricks; former stratagems; strategies used in the past
literary书面用语,常用于文史或正式论述中,指前人已经使用过的计策或智慧,含有因循或借鉴的意味。
Tā他
zhè这
cì次
de的
jì计
huà划
bù不
guò过
shì是
xí袭
yòng用
qián前
rén人
gù故
zhì智
,
bìng并
wú无
chuàng创
xīn新
。
His plan this time is merely copying old tricks from past masters, with no innovation.
Miàn面
duì对
xīn新
wèn问
tí题
,
wǒ我
men们
bù不
néng能
zǒng总
shì是
yī依
lài赖
lì历
shǐ史
zhōng中
de的
gù故
zhì智
。
Faced with new problems, we cannot always rely on the old stratagems from history.
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Zhè这
bù部
bīng兵
shū书
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
le了
xǔ许
duō多
gǔ古
dài代
míng名
jiàng将
de的
gù故
zhì智
。
This military treatise records many of the old stratagems used by famous ancient generals.
Shāng商
zhàn战
zhōng中
de的
chéng成
gōng功
wǎng往
wǎng往
bù不
zài在
yú于
fā发
míng明
quán全
xīn新
de的
cè策
luè略
,
ér而
zài在
yú于
qiǎo巧
miào妙
yùn运
yòng用
yǐ已
yǒu有
de的
gù故
zhì智
。
Success in business warfare often lies not in inventing completely new strategies, but in skillfully applying existing old tricks.