| 蹈常袭故 |
dǎo cháng xí gù |
follow the same old path (idiom); stuck in a rut / always the same routine |
| 蹈 |
dǎo |
to tread on / to trample / to stamp / to fulfill / Taiwan pr. [dao4] |
| 常 |
Cháng |
surname Chang |
| 常 |
cháng |
always / ever / often / frequently / common / general / constant |
| 袭 |
xí |
(bound form) to raid; to attack / (bound form) to continue the pattern; to perpetuate / (literary) classifier for suits of clothing or sets of bedding |
| 故 |
gù |
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead |