墨守成规 mòshǒuchéngguī to stick to convention Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 墨守成规 墨守成規 mòshǒuchéngguī to stick to convention (idiom) to be hidebound by convention; to stick to old ways and be unwilling to change or innovate. Derived from the philosopher Mozi's skill at defending cities Frequency Movie subtitles 0.540 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.445 per million Cross-References Synonym 故步自封 gùbùzìfēng因循守旧 yīnxúnshǒujiù抱残守缺 bàocánshǒuquē画地为牢 huàdìwéiláo陈陈相因 chénchénxiāngyīn蹈常袭故 dǎochángxígùAntonym 标新立异 biāoxīnlìyì推陈出新 tuīchénchūxīn革故鼎新 gégùdǐngxīn日新月异 rìxīnyuèyì勇猛精进 yǒngměngjīngjìn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
墨守成规 墨守成規 mòshǒuchéngguī to stick to convention (idiom) to be hidebound by convention; to stick to old ways and be unwilling to change or innovate. Derived from the philosopher Mozi's skill at defending cities Frequency Movie subtitles 0.540 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.445 per million Cross-References Synonym 故步自封 gùbùzìfēng因循守旧 yīnxúnshǒujiù抱残守缺 bàocánshǒuquē画地为牢 huàdìwéiláo陈陈相因 chénchénxiāngyīn蹈常袭故 dǎochángxígùAntonym 标新立异 biāoxīnlìyì推陈出新 tuīchénchūxīn革故鼎新 gégùdǐngxīn日新月异 rìxīnyuèyì勇猛精进 yǒngměngjīngjìn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
