翻旧账

to turn over old accounts / fig. to revive old quarrels / to reopen old wounds

to turn over / to flip over / to overturn / to rummage through / to translate / to decode / to double / to climb over or into / to cross

variant of 翻[fan1]

old / opposite: new 新 / former / worn (with age)

account / bill / debt / CL:本[ben3],筆|笔[bi3]

lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge