墨守陈规
mò​shǒu​chén​guī

to stick to old rules

  • created sense approved 墨守陈规/墨守陳規 · mò​shǒu​chén​guī · to stick to old rules — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    墨守陈规 / 墨守陳規

    mò​shǒu​chén​guī

    to stick to old rules

    to stick to established practices; to be conservative or hidebound

    墨守 (literal) → 墨守 · mò​shǒu · to stick to the old ways 陈规 (literal) → 陈规/陳規 · chén​guī · outmoded conventions

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense