墨守成规 — Chinese idiom
墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī
Traditional: 墨守成規
Meaning
- hidebound by convention
Character by character
- 墨mòink; writing; Mexico
- 守shǒuto defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to w
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 规guīrules, regulations, customs, law
Idioms sharing a character
- 挥毫洒墨 huī háo sǎ mò
- 浓墨重彩 nóng mò zhòng cǎi
- 粉墨登场 fěn mò dēng chǎng
- 舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò
- 规矩绳墨 guī ju shéng mò
- 词人墨客 cí rén mò kè
- 近朱近墨 jìn zhū jìn mò
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
- 守口如瓶 shǒu kǒu rú píng
- 守土有责 shǒu tǔ yǒu zé
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