规行矩步 — Chinese idiom
规行矩步
guī xíng jǔ bù
Traditional: 規行矩步
Meaning
- to follow the compass and go with the set square ; to follow the rules inflexibly
- to act according to convention
Character by character
- 规guīrules, regulations, customs, law
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 矩jǔcarpenter's square, ruler, rule
- 步bùwalk, stroll, pace, march; to make progress
Idioms sharing a character
- 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
- 规矩绳墨 guī ju shéng mò
- 陈规陋习 chén guī lòu xí
- 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng
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