陈腔滥调

陳腔濫調
chénqiānglàndiào
  1. (usually of writing) hackneyed; unoriginal; stereotyped
  2. hackneyed; unoriginal; stereotyped

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 陈 Chén
  1. surname Chen
  2. Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state
  3. Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 Nán Cháo
=1 陈 chén
  1. (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display
  2. (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
  3. old; stale
2 腔 qiāng
  1. (bound form) cavity
  2. (bound form) speech; talk
  3. tune
  4. accent (in one's speech)
  5. (old) classifier for carcasses of slaughtered livestock
3 滥调 làndiào
  1. hackneyed talk
  2. platitude