短垣自逾
duǎn​yuán​zì​yú

to break one's own rule

  • created sense approved 短垣自逾 · duǎn​yuán​zì​yú · to break one's own rule — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    短垣自逾

    duǎn​yuán​zì​yú

    to break one's own rule

    to fail to abide by the rules or standards one has set for oneself; to break a law or custom oneself

    短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · short 垣 (literal) → 垣 · yuán · wall 自 (literal) → 自 · zì · self 逾 (literal) → 逾 · yú · to exceed

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

    created sense