屡见不鲜

lǚ jiàn bù xiān

nothing new

Character by character

屡lǚ
repeatedly

见jiàn
seen

不bù
not

鲜xiān
fresh

这种事情屡见不鲜。

This kind of thing is nothing new.

Tone: neutral.

From the Records of the Grand Historian (数见不鲜): a guest who visits too often stops getting fresh meat; 鲜 is xiān.

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