老调

tóng yàng de lǎo diào

同样的老调

same refrain

bào yuàn xué xiào fàn cài chà yǐ shì lǎo diào le

抱怨学校饭菜差已是老调了。

Complaints about poor food in schools have become a refrain.

lǎo diào zhěng tiān liáo rào zài tā de nǎo zhōng

老调整天缭绕在她的脑中。

Local opera of Hebei ran through her head all day.