According to custom, the bride should be compliant.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
循规蹈矩
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
02
to act according to convention
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 循规蹈矩 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 循规蹈矩 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Some people prefer conformity, while others seek novelty.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 循规蹈矩.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 循规蹈矩.
Directly before
- 应该循规蹈矩1
- 喜欢循规蹈矩1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 循规蹈矩
What does 循规蹈矩 mean in Chinese?
循规蹈矩 (xúnguīdǎojǔ) means to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly.
How do you pronounce 循规蹈矩?
循规蹈矩 is pronounced xúnguīdǎojǔ.
Is 循规蹈矩 an HSK word?
循规蹈矩 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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