循规蹈矩 — Chinese idiom
循规蹈矩
xún guī dǎo jǔ
Traditional: 循規蹈矩
Meaning
- to follow the compass and go with the set square ; to follow the rules inflexibly
- to act according to convention
Character by character
- 循xúnto obey, to follow, to comply with
- 规guīrules, regulations, customs, law
- 蹈dǎoto dance, to stamp the feet
- 矩jǔcarpenter's square, ruler, rule
Idioms sharing a character
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
- 循序渐进 xún xù jiàn jìn
- 循循善诱 xún xún shàn yòu
- 墨守成规 mò shǒu chéng guī
- 萧规曹随 Xiāo guī Cáo suí
- 规矩准绳 guī ju zhǔn shéng
- 规矩绳墨 guī ju shéng mò
- 规行矩步 guī xíng jǔ bù
- 陈规陋习 chén guī lòu xí
- 手舞足蹈 shǒu wǔ zú dǎo
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