{"path":"/entry/26307","title":"墨守成规 / 墨守成規 (mò shǒu chéng guī) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"墨守成规 / 墨守成規 (mò shǒu chéng guī): hidebound by convention (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":26307,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["墨守成规"],"TRADITIONAL":["墨守成規"]}},"phonetic":"mò shǒu chéng guī","phoneticKey":"mo4 shou3 cheng2 gui1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"hidebound by convention ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["ADJECTIVE","VERB"],"frequency":27918,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"墨守 is from Zhan Guo Ce:","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"The term 墨翟之守 (“Mo Zi's defense”) is from the book Mozi, which was the defense method proposed by him in a war simulation against Lu Ban's ladder specially designed for the state of Chu to be used in its invasion of Song. Mo Zi's defense method proved the ladder to be useless and this made him succeed in discouraging the king of Chu from starting a war. The meaning of 墨守 has changed from commendatory to derogatory over time.","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"今公又以弊聊之民，距全齐之兵，期年不解，是墨翟之守也。","traditional":"今公又以弊聊之民，距全齊之兵，期年不解，是墨翟之守也。"},"phonetic":"Jīn gōng yòu yǐ bì liáo zhī mín, jù quán qí zhī bīng, qī nián bù jiě, shì mòzhái zhī shǒu yě.","english":"Now you are able to lead the exhausted people in Liaocheng to fight against all Qi forces for a whole year. (This shows that) your defense is as strong as Mo Zi's.","ref":"Zhanguo Ce, circa 5ᵗʰ – 3ʳᵈ centuries BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}