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规矩

guīju
nounadjectiveHSK 7-9

“Lit. compass and set square” in Chinese is 规矩 (guīju).

Meaning

  • lit. compass and set square
  • fig. established standard
  • rule
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  • customs
  • practices
  • fig. upright and honest
  • well-behaved

Example

有规矩的。

There are rules.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

guīHSK 38 strokescompassjǔHSK 7-99 strokescarpenter's square

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