陈规陋习 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways

Character by character

• 陈chénto display, to exhibit; to plead; surname
• 规guīrules, regulations, customs, law
• 陋lòucoarse, crude; narrow; ugly
• 习xíto study, to practice; habit

Idioms sharing a character

• 乏善可陈 fá shàn kě chén
• 五味杂陈 wǔ wèi zá chén
• 推陈布新 tuī chén bù xīn
• 推陈出新 tuī chén chū xīn
• 新陈代谢 xīn chén dài xiè
• 陈陈相因 chén chén xiāng yīn
• 墨守成规 mò shǒu chéng guī
• 循规蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ
• 萧规曹随 Xiāo guī Cáo suí
• 规矩准绳 guī ju zhǔn shéng

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