wun6 tong1 bat1 wun6 joek6換湯不換藥换汤不换药
Jyutpingwun6 tong1 bat1 wun6 joek6
Yalewunh tōng bāt wunh yeukh

Definition

different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only

Tone guide

T1High level
T2High rising
T3Mid level
T4Low falling
T5Low rising
T6Low level

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黃嘴山鴉黄嘴山鸦
wong4 zeoi2 saan1 aa1(bird species of China) alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)
違法亂紀违法乱纪
wai4 faat3 lyun6 gei2lit. to break the law and violate the rules (idiom)
胡言亂語胡言乱语
wu4 jin4 lyun6 jyu5babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings
為所欲為为所欲为
wai4 so2 juk6 wai4(idiom) to do whatever one pleases
溫故而知新温故而知新
wan1 gu3 ji4 zi1 san1to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
會否会否
wui2 fau2can or cannot; is it possible?
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