「炒冷飯」

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Pronunciation：	caau2 laang5 faan6
Individual Character Meaning：	炒 stir-fry; to stir-fry; to speculate; to fire; to sack; to lay off; to fail; to perform badly; to have an argument; to have a row; to hit something; to take a photo 冷 cold; cool; knitting yarn 飯 meal; cooked rice; stupid; idiot
Part of Speech：	verb
Explanation：	to beat a dead horse; to repackage old things or concepts and offer them as new; literally: to stir-fry cold rice (Cant.) 啲di1師si1奶naai1劇kek6成seng4日jat6都dou1炒caau2冷laang5飯faan6，同tung4一jat1條tiu4橋kiu2改goi2下haa5個go3班baan1底dai2就zau6當dong3新san1劇kek6！ (Eng.) The producers of these soap dramas are just beating a dead horse—all these supposed new titles are merely repetitions of the same old plot under new casts.
See also：	冷飯好事多磨掛羊頭賣狗肉炒底炒麪生米煮成熟飯粗茶淡飯食詐糊食髓知味鮑參翅肚 (類近詞彙取自ToastyNews數據分析)
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