lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom); fig. to impose restrictions on oneself
trad. 畫地自限
Also written 畫地自限【huà dì zì xiàn】
Characters in this word
4画
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to draw; to paint, picture; painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]), to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]), stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]), (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4])
- Pinyin
- huà
- Traditional
- 畫
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1144 of 2500
地
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-ly, structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
- Pinyin
- de
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 271 of 2500
自
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(bound form) self; oneself, from; since, naturally; as a matter of course
- Pinyin
- zì
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1586 of 2500
限
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to limit, to restrict, (bound form) limit, bound
- Pinyin
- xiàn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 21143 of 2500