chǎo lěng fàn

Traditional: 炒冷飯

炒冷饭 (chǎo lěng fàn) is a Chinese word meaning “to stir-fry leftover rice; fig. to rehash the same story; to serve up the same old product”.

Meanings

  1. 1to stir-fry leftover rice
  2. 2fig. to rehash the same story
  3. 3to serve up the same old product

Characters in 炒冷饭

炒chǎo · to sauté; to stir-fry冷lěng · cold饭fàn · cooked rice

Related words

冷静calm; cool-headed; dispassionate冷cold冷surname Leng吃饭to have a meal饭cooked rice晚饭evening meal炒to sauté; to stir-fry午饭lunch饭店restaurant做饭to prepare a meal早饭breakfast冷酷unfeeling; callous

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