循规蹈矩
Traditional form:
循規蹈矩
Pinyin (reading):
xúnguīdǎojǔ
Definitions:
- to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
- to act according to convention
Characters:
- 循 - to obey, to follow, to comply with
- 规 - rules, regulations, customs, law
- 蹈 - to dance, to stamp the feet
- 矩 - carpenter's square, ruler, rule
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