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故態復萌

简 故态复萌 · 繁 故態復萌
Mandarin · pinyin gù tài fù méng

Meanings

  1. to revert to old ways
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Characters in this entry

故
gù · ancient, old; reason, because
態
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復
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萌
méng · bud, sprout
态
tài · manner, bearing, attitude
复
fù · return; repeat; repeatedly
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Mandarin tones

4–4–4–2 · gu4 tai4 fu4 meng2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gu3 taai3 fuk6 mang4

Cantonese word readings for 故態復萌. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to return to one's old bad habits; to relapse into a former undesirable state

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