规矩绳墨
guī ju shéng mò
Pinyin

Definition

规矩绳墨
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guī ju shéng mò
  1. compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard
  2. norms
  3. criteria

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

墨
Mò
  1. 1 surname Mo
  2. 2 abbr. for 墨西哥[Mò xī gē], Mexico
墨家
Mò jiā
  1. 1 Mohist School of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), founded by the philosopher 墨子[Mò zǐ]
墨迹
mò jì
  1. 1 ink marks
  2. 2 original calligraphy or painting of famous person
规矩
guī ju
  1. 1 lit. compass and set square
  2. 2 fig. established standard
  3. 3 rule
  4. 4 customs
  5. 5 practices
  6. 6 fig. upright and honest
  7. 7 well-behaved
墨子
Mò zǐ
  1. 1 Mozi (c. 470-391 BC), founder of the Mohist School 墨家[Mò jiā] of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
墨水
mò shuǐ
  1. 1 ink
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng]
墨汁
mò zhī
  1. 1 prepared Chinese ink
墨尔本
Mò ěr běn
  1. 1 Melbourne, Australia
墨绿色
mò lu:4 sè
  1. 1 dark or deep green
墨脱
Mò tuō
  1. 1 Mêdog county, Tibetan: Me tog rdzong, in Nyingchi prefecture 林芝地區|林芝地区[Lín zhī dì qū], Tibet
墨西哥
Mò xī gē
  1. 1 Mexico
墨镜
mò jìng
  1. 1 sunglasses
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī],雙|双[shuāng],副[fù]
墨鱼
mò yú
  1. 1 cuttlefish
循规蹈矩
xún guī dǎo jǔ
  1. 1 to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
  2. 2 to act according to convention
水墨
shuǐ mò
  1. 1 ink (used in painting)
水墨画
shuǐ mò huà
  1. 1 ink and wash painting
浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi
  1. 1 thick and heavy in colors
  2. 2 to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
中规中矩
zhòng guī zhòng jǔ
  1. 1 conforming with the norms of society
即墨
Jí mò
  1. 1 Jimo county level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛, Shandong
即墨市
Jí mò Shì
  1. 1 Jimo county level city in Qingdao 青島|青岛[Qīng dǎo], Shandong

Idioms (14)

不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
墨守成规
mò shǒu chéng guī
  1. 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
循规蹈矩
xún guī dǎo jǔ
  1. 1 to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
  2. 2 to act according to convention
挥毫洒墨
huī háo sǎ mò
  1. 1 to wield a writing brush (idiom)
没有规矩，不成方圆
méi yǒu guī ju , bù chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
没有规矩，何以成方圆
méi yǒu guī ju , hé yǐ chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
浓墨重彩
nóng mò zhòng cǎi
  1. 1 thick and heavy in colors
  2. 2 to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
粉墨登场
fěn mò dēng chǎng
  1. 1 to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
规矩准绳
guī ju zhǔn shéng
  1. 1 compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard
  2. 2 norms
  3. 3 criteria
规矩绳墨
guī ju shéng mò
  1. 1 compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard
  2. 2 norms
  3. 3 criteria
规行矩步
guī xíng jǔ bù
  1. 1 to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
  2. 2 to act according to convention
词人墨客
cí rén mò kè
  1. 1 sb of literary abilities (idiom)
近朱者赤，近墨者黑
jìn zhū zhě chì , jìn mò zhě hēi
  1. 1 those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom)
  2. 2 you are the product of your environment
近朱近墨
jìn zhū jìn mò
  1. 1 one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)

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