率由旧章 (率由舊章)
shuài yóu jiù zhāng
Pinyin

Definition

率由旧章 (率由舊章)
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shuài yóu jiù zhāng
  1. to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom)
  2. to follow a proven formula

Related Words (20)

xūn zhāng
  1. 1 medal
  2. 2 decoration
wén zhāng
  1. 1 article
  2. 2 essay
  3. 3 literary works
  4. 4 writings
  5. 5 hidden meaning
  6. 6 classifier: 篇 piān
  7. 7 classifier: 段 duàn
  8. 8 classifier: 页 yè
lǐ yóu
  1. 1 reason
  2. 2 grounds
  3. 3 justification
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
yóu
  1. 1 to follow
  2. 2 from
  3. 3 it is for...to
  4. 4 reason
  5. 5 cause
  6. 6 because of
  7. 7 due to
  8. 8 to
  9. 9 to leave it (to sb)
  10. 10 by (introduces passive verb)
yóu yú
  1. 1 due to
  2. 2 as a result of
  3. 3 thanks to
  4. 4 owing to
  5. 5 since
  6. 6 because

Idioms (19)

不由自主
bù yóu zì zhǔ
  1. 1 can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
人在江湖,身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
  1. 1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
  2. 2 articulate
咎由自取
jiù yóu zì qǔ
  1. 1 to have only oneself to blame (idiom)
  2. 2 to bring trouble through one's own actions
断章取义
duàn zhāng qǔ yì
  1. 1 to quote out of context (idiom)