| 老掉牙 | lǎo diào yá | very old / obsolete / out of date | ![]() |
| 老皇历 | lǎo huáng lì | (lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle | ![]() |
| 嬷 | mó | dialectal or obsolete equivalent of 媽|妈[ma1] / Taiwan pr. [ma1] | ![]() |
| 隔年皇历 | gé nián huáng lì | lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle | ![]() |
| 扬幡招魂 | yáng fān - zhāo hún | lit. to raise a banner to summon the soul of a dying person (idiom) / fig. to try to revive what is obsolete or dead | ![]() |
