"Old-fashioned principle" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 老皇历 | lǎo huáng lì | (lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle |   |
| 隔年皇历 | gé nián huáng lì | lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle | |
