重操旧业

to resume one's old trade (idiom)

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

heavy / serious / to attach importance to

old variant of 操[cao1]

to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)

variant of 肏[cao4]

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

surname Ye

line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already

one's old profession / trade of one's forebears