炒冷饭 [
chǎo lěng fàn]
heat leftover rice -- say or do the same old thing
dish up the same old stuff
rehash
repeat without any new content
- 我们的某些发现显然是在“炒冷饭”。
Some of our findings seem obvious in retrospect. - 深夜喜剧节目一再炒冷饭,重复美国向中国借了多少债的段子。
Late-night comedy shows recycle jokes about the amount of money the US has borrowed from China. - 有些专家声称这些报道是在炒冷饭,因为这些新药并不逊于其它的药。 但于此同时,另一些专家则说,抗生素即将被完全废弃。
Some experts claimed the news was overblown --that the new bug was no worse than many others -- even as other experts, meanwhile, opined that antibiotics could soon be obsolete altogether.