| 条条框框 |
tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng |
fixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions |
| 条 |
tiáo |
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 条 |
tiáo |
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 框 |
kuàng |
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] |
| 框框 |
kuàng kuang |
a frame; a circle / set pattern; convention; restriction |
| 框 |
kuàng |
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] |