"Stale" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 陈 |  chén | to lay out / to exhibit / to display / to narrate / to state / to explain / to tell / old / stale |   |
| 不新鲜 | bù xīn xiān | stale | |
| 吐故纳新 | tǔ gù nà xīn | lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new | |
| 陈谷子烂芝麻 | chén gǔ zi làn zhī ma | lit. stale grain, overcooked sesame (idiom) / fig. the same boring old gossip | |
