tiáo
tiáo
kuàng
kuàng

idiom
noun

Meaning of 条条框框

条条框框 means rigid rules and conventions; restrictive regulations that bind people. Pronounced tiáo tiáo kuàng kuàng.

  • rigid rules and conventions; restrictive regulations that bind people

Definitions & Examples

men
yào
tiáo
tiáo
kuàng
kuàng
 
dǎn
chuàng
xīn
 

We must break rigid conventions and boldly innovate.

yào
bèi
xiē
guò
shí
de
tiáo
tiáo
kuàng
kuàng
shù
zhù
shǒu
jiǎo
 

Don't let those outdated rigid rules tie your hands and feet.

Gǎi
jiù
shì
yào
chōng
xiē
tiáo
tiáo
kuàng
kuàng
 

Reform means breaking through those rigid conventions.

Zhè
gōng
guān
liáo
zhǔ
yán
zhòng
 
tiáo
tiáo
kuàng
kuàng
tài
duō
 

This company is heavily bureaucratic with too many rigid rules.