因循守旧 — Chinese idiom
因循守旧
yīn xún shǒu jiù
Traditional: 因循守舊
Meaning
- to continue in the same old rut
- diehard conservative attitudes
Character by character
- 因yīncause, reason; by; because
- 循xúnto obey, to follow, to comply with
- 守shǒuto defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to w
- 旧jiùold, ancient; former, past
Idioms sharing a character
- 互为因果 hù wéi yīn guǒ
- 前因后果 qián yīn hòu guǒ
- 因人成事 yīn rén chéng shì
- 因人而异 yīn rén ér yì
- 因公殉职 yīn gōng xùn zhí
- 因利乘便 yīn lì chéng biàn
- 因势利导 yīn shì lì dǎo
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 因地制宜 yīn dì zhì yí
- 因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà
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