蹈常袭故 — Chinese idiom
蹈常袭故
dǎo cháng xí gù
Traditional: 蹈常襲故
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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