舊調重彈

replaying the same old tunes (idiom); conservative, unoriginal and discredited / to keep harping on about the same old stuff

to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

heavy / serious / to attach importance to

crossball / bullet / shot / shell / ball

to pluck (a string) / to play (a string instrument) / to spring or leap / to shoot (e.g. with a catapult) / (of cotton) to fluff or tease / to flick / to flip / to accuse / to impeach / elastic (of materials)

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

to transfer / to move (troops or cadres) / to investigate / to enquire into / accent / view / argument / key (in music) / mode (music) / tune / tone / melody

to harmonize / to reconcile / to blend / to suit well / to adjust / to regulate / to season (food) / to provoke / to incite

to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again