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outmoded rules, regulations and conventions · taboos and commandments · restrictions and fetters

清规戒律
qīng guī jiè lǜ
q+īng·1st toneg+uī·1st tonej+iè·4th tonel+ǜ·4th tone
Idiom
Chain
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
hidebound by convention (idiom)墨守成规mò shǒu chéng guī(idiom) to continue in the same old rut · diehard conservative attitudes因循守旧yīn xún shǒu jiùmonastic discipline · commandment戒律jiè lu:4rule; regulation · regular; orderly; fixed规则guī zéthree principles and five virtues (idiom) · the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness, propriety, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)三纲五常sān gāng wǔ chánggolden rule · key principle金科玉律jīn kē yù lu:4
Antonyms
to push out the old and bring in the new (idiom); to innovate推陈出新tuī chén chū xīn
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