the old remembers past times or old acquaintances
Laoma Liantan, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ǎ om ǎ Li à nzhen à n, which means that laoma does not want to leave the Horse Inn. It refers to the old people's yearning for old love, and also refers to the old people's greed for official positions. From the book of Jin, Xuandi Ji.
Idiom explanation
Love: nostalgia; stack: Horse stack.
The origin of Idioms
"Xuandi Ji" in the book of Jin: "the horse loves the bean."
the old remembers past times or old acquaintances
strike out a new path for oneself - zì chū jī zhù
unnecessary and overelaborate formalities - fán wén mò jié
with everything burned down and lying in ruins - yī piàn jiāo tǔ