陳谷子爛芝麻

Simplified: 陈谷子烂芝麻

chéngǔzilànzhīma ㄔㄣˊ ㄍㄨˇ ˙ㄗ ㄌㄢˋ ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ

    • lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) fig. the same boring old gossip

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Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Literally
old millet, rotten sesame
Meaning
A variant of 陈芝麻,烂谷子: old, trivial matters from the past.

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