老调 (lǎo diào) — hackneyed theme, platitude

老调 (lǎo diào) is a written/literary term for an old, overused tune — a hackneyed theme or cliché. It typically appears in fixed expressions like 老调重弹 ('rehashing the same old tune').

noun
hackneyed themeplatitude

예문

  • 老调
    Tā shuō de nà xiē huà dōu shì lǎo diào, méi shén me xīn yì.
    Everything he said was just a platitude, nothing new.
  • Zhè piān lùn wén bú guò shì lǎo diào chóng tán, méi yǒu rèn hé xīn guān diǎn.
    This paper is just rehashing old clichés without any new ideas.
  • 老调
    Bié zǒng ná nà xiē lǎo diào lái hù nòng tīng zhòng le.
    Stop fooling the audience with those old platitudes.

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