没有规矩，何以成方圆

Traditional form:

沒有規矩，何以成方圓

Pinyin (reading):

méiyǒuguīju,héyǐchéngfāngyuán

Definitions:

• without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules

Characters:

• 没 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 规 - rules, regulations, customs, law
• 矩 - carpenter's square, ruler, rule
• 何 - what, why, where, which, how
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
• 圆 - circle; circular, round; complete

Traditional characters:

• 沒 - not, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 規 - rules, regulations, customs, law
• 矩 - carpenter's square, ruler, rule
• 何 - what, why, where, which, how
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 方 - square, rectangle; side; region; flag
• 圓 - circle; circular, round; complete