Word
HSK | Not in HSK |
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FREQUENCY | Unknown |
陳谷子爛芝麻 chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma
DEFINITIONS
- lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip
CHARACTERS
陳 chén | exhibit, display; plead; surname |
谷 gǔ | valley, gorge, ravine |
子 zi | offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch |
爛 làn | rotten, spoiled, decayed |
芝 zhī | sesame; a purplish or brown mushroom thought to have miraculous powers; 'a divine and felicitous plant' (Karlgren) |
麻 ma | hemp, jute, flax; sesame |