画地自限
Traditional form:
畫地自限
Pinyin (reading):
huàdìzìxiàn
Definitions:
- lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom)
- fig. to impose restrictions on oneself
Characters:
- 画 - picture, painting, drawing; to draw
- 地 - earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
- 自 - self; private, personal; from
- 限 - boundary, limit, line
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