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条条框框
tiáo​tiáo​kuàng​kuàng

red tape

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
条条框框 條條框框 tiáo​tiáo​kuàng​kuàng
red tape
regulations and restrictions; conventions or fixed frameworks that act as limitations or taboos, usually referring to outdated or rigid rules

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.720 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.649 per million

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
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