fixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory); regulations and restrictions
trad. 條條框框
Also written 條條框框【tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng】
Characters in this word
2条
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strip, item, article, clause (of law or treaty), classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
- Pinyin
- tiáo
- Traditional
- 條
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 1948 of 2500
框
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frame (e.g. door frame), casing, fig. framework, template, to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth), to frame, to restrict, Taiwan pr. [kuang1]
- Pinyin
- kuàng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 22095 of 2500