拟规画圆
nǐ​guī​huà​yuán

to stick slavishly to convention

  • created sense approved 拟规画圆/擬規畫圓 · nǐ​guī​huà​yuán · to stick slavishly to convention — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拟规画圆 / 擬規畫圓

    nǐ​guī​huà​yuán

    to stick slavishly to convention

    To follow established rules and precedents without flexibility or innovation; to follow a compass to draw a circle

    拟 (literal) → 拟/擬 · nǐ · to imitate 规 (literal) → 规/規 · guī · compasses 画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 圆 (literal) → 圆/圓 · yuán · circle

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

    created sense