循规蹈矩 xúnguīdǎojǔ conform Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 循规蹈矩 (循規蹈矩) xúnguīdǎojǔ conform idiom To follow established rules and act according to convention; to be well-behaved and law-abiding (literally: to follow the compass and go with the set square). 他为人处事循规蹈矩，深受长辈们的喜爱。 tā wéirén chǔshì xúnguīdǎojǔ, shēn shòu zhǎngbèi men de xǐ'ài. He follows the rules in everything he does and is well-loved by his elders. follow inflexibly idiom To adhere to rules or standard practices in a rigid, unimaginative, or overly cautious manner. 如果在艺术创作中只是一味地循规蹈矩，就很难有真正的突破。 rúguǒ zài yìshù chuàngzuò zhōng zhǐshì yīwèi de xúnguīdǎojǔ, jiù hěn nán yǒu zhēnzhèng de tūpò. If one only follows convention in artistic creation, it's hard to have a real breakthrough. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.00 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.707 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
循规蹈矩 (循規蹈矩) xúnguīdǎojǔ conform idiom To follow established rules and act according to convention; to be well-behaved and law-abiding (literally: to follow the compass and go with the set square). 他为人处事循规蹈矩，深受长辈们的喜爱。 tā wéirén chǔshì xúnguīdǎojǔ, shēn shòu zhǎngbèi men de xǐ'ài. He follows the rules in everything he does and is well-loved by his elders. follow inflexibly idiom To adhere to rules or standard practices in a rigid, unimaginative, or overly cautious manner. 如果在艺术创作中只是一味地循规蹈矩，就很难有真正的突破。 rúguǒ zài yìshù chuàngzuò zhōng zhǐshì yīwèi de xúnguīdǎojǔ, jiù hěn nán yǒu zhēnzhèng de tūpò. If one only follows convention in artistic creation, it's hard to have a real breakthrough. Frequency Movie subtitles 2.00 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.707 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
