老生常谈

lǎo shēng cháng tán

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Definitions

  1. 1. a truism
  2. 2. banal comments

Child Words of 老生常谈

常
cháng

always

生
shēng

to be born

谈
tán

to speak

老生
lǎo shēng

venerable middle-aged or elderly man, usually wearing an artificial beard (in Chinese opera)

老
lǎo

prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity