out of date
It is a Chinese idiom, and Pinyin is Gu ò sh í Hu á nghu ā, which refers to things that are out of time or meaningless. It comes from Wang Gong, a nine day rhyme.
The origin of Idioms
Su Shi, Song Dynasty, wrote in his "nine day rhyme Wang Gong" that "if you know each other, you don't have to go back in a hurry
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: the future
Idiom usage
As subject, object, attribute; used in figurative sentences examples now the turning point has become ~. The 100th chapter of the popular romance of the Republic of China by Cai Dongfan and Xu Xianfu!
out of date
live in retirement and wait for the right time for a comeback in public life - zūn yǎng shí huì
usher out the parting guest and welcome in the new one - sòng jiù yíng xīn
Horizontal nose and vertical eye - héng tiāo bí zi shù tiāo yǎn
fear the enemy as if he were a tiger - wèi dí rú hǔ
be struck by lightning and split into two halves - tiān dǎ léi pī
resign from office and return to one 's native town - gào lǎo huán jiā