Chinese Character Wiki

循規蹈矩

xún​guī​dǎo​jǔ

to act according to convention

Definitions

循规蹈矩 (循規蹈矩) 

xún​guī​dǎo​jǔ

to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly; to act according to convention

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.9771% of movies

14418th most common word in movies

34794th most common word in books

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