墨线 (墨線)
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Pinyin
Definition
墨线 (墨線)
-
- inked line
- carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered onto timber)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
墨守成规
- 1 hidebound by convention (idiom)
挥毫洒墨
- 1 to wield a writing brush (idiom)
浓墨重彩
- 1 thick and heavy in colors
- 2 to describe sth in colorful language with attention to detail (idiom)
粉墨登场
- 1 to make up and go on stage (idiom); to embark on a career (esp. in politics or crime)
规矩绳墨
- 1 compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard
- 2 norms
- 3 criteria