炒caau2冷laang5飯faan6

English

1. to stir-fry leftover rice
2. to beat a dead horse; to repackage old things or concepts and offer them as new; literally: to stir-fry cold rice
3. fig. to rehash the same story
4. to serve up the same old product

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 指喺實質內容不變嘅情況下，重覆做一啲已經做過嘅事、或者講一啲已經講過嘅話題、推出一啲已經推出過嘅產品；略帶貶義

Examples

• 啲師奶劇成日都炒冷飯，同一條橋改下個班底就當新劇！

  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.