Chinese Word: 老生常谈 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

老 lǎo 生 shēng 常 cháng 谈 tán (Trad.: 老生常談)

an old observation (idiom); a truism; banal comments

1		hái shi 还是 lǎo shēng cháng tán 老生常谈 de 的 shì 事 : shéi 谁 dōu 都 xiǎng 想 ràng 让 fáng zi 房子 zhěng jié 整洁， kě 可 shéi 谁 yě 也 bù 不 yuàn yì 愿意 qīn zì 亲自 zhěng lǐ 整理。 It's the same old story: everybody wants the house tidy, but nobody wants to tidy it himself.
2		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 tā 他 zài 在 jiǎng yǎn 讲演 zhōng 中 suǒ 所 yào shuō 要说 de 的 měi gè 每个 wèn tí 问题， duì 对 nǐ 你 lái shuō 来说， dōu 都 kě néng 可能 shì 是 lǎo shēng cháng tán 老生常谈， dàn shì 但是， yīn wèi 因为 wǒ 我 bú shì 不是 rén lèi xué jiā 人类学家， wǒ 我 dào 倒 jué de 觉得 tā 它 qù wèi 趣味 héng shēng 横生， zī liào 资料 fēng fù 丰富 li 哩。 I dare say anything he had to say in the lecture would have been old stuff to you but since I'm not an anthropologist I found it very interesting and informative.

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