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陈谷子烂芝麻

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6-character word Traditional 陳谷子爛芝麻

What 陈谷子烂芝麻 means

1. lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom); fig. the same boring old gossip

The characters in 陈谷子烂芝麻

• 陈chén(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state…
• 谷gǔgrain; corn
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 烂lànsoft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose
• 芝zhīZoysia pungens
• 麻máhemp (variant of 麻