循规蹈矩 xúnguīdǎojǔ to follow the rules Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 循规蹈矩 循規蹈矩 xúnguīdǎojǔ to follow the rules to follow established rules and customs; to behave in a conventional way or toe the line; sometimes used to describe being inflexible or lacking in creativity Frequency Movie subtitles 2.00 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.707 per million Cross-References Variant of 蹈规循矩 dǎoguīxúnjǔ蹈矩循规 dǎojǔxúnguīReferenced by 矩 jǔSynonym 规行矩步 guīxíngjǔbùAntonym 惹是生非 rěshìshēngfēi没法没天 méifǎméitiān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
循规蹈矩 循規蹈矩 xúnguīdǎojǔ to follow the rules to follow established rules and customs; to behave in a conventional way or toe the line; sometimes used to describe being inflexible or lacking in creativity Frequency Movie subtitles 2.00 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.707 per million Cross-References Variant of 蹈规循矩 dǎoguīxúnjǔ蹈矩循规 dǎojǔxúnguīReferenced by 矩 jǔSynonym 规行矩步 guīxíngjǔbùAntonym 惹是生非 rěshìshēngfēi没法没天 méifǎméitiān Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
