| 陈谷子烂芝麻 |
chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma |
lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip |
| 陈 |
Chén |
surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 |
| 陈 |
chén |
(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display / (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale |
| 谷 |
gǔ |
grain / corn |
| 谷 |
Gǔ |
surname Gu |
| 谷 |
gǔ |
valley |
| 谷子 |
gǔ zi |
millet / (ACG) collectible merch (loanword from "goods", via Japanese "guzzu") |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
noun suffix, as in 椅子 "chair" |
| 烂 |
làn |
soft; mushy / well-cooked and soft / to rot; to decompose / rotten / worn out / chaotic; messy / utterly; thoroughly / crappy; bad |
| 芝 |
zhī |
Zoysia pungens |
| 芝麻 |
zhī ma |
sesame (seed) |
| 麻 |
má |
hemp (variant of 麻) |
| 麻 |
Má |
surname Ma |
| 麻 |
má |
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL:缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb |