蹈常袭故 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• follow the same old path ; stuck in a rut
• always the same routine

Character by character

• 蹈dǎoto dance, to stamp the feet
• 常chángcommon, general, normal; always, frequently, regul
• 袭xíto attack, to raid; to inherit
• 故gùreason, cause; happening, instance

Idioms sharing a character

• 循规蹈矩 xún guī dǎo jǔ
• 手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo
• 赴汤蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ
• 重蹈覆辙 chóng dǎo fù zhé
• 高举远蹈 gāo jǔ yuǎn dǎo
• 一反常态 yī fǎn cháng tài
• 三纲五常 sān gāng wǔ cháng
• 人之常情 rén zhī cháng qíng
• 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì
• 知足常乐 zhī zú cháng lè

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