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Understanding Chinese starts with simple characters, grows to phrases, and finally idioms. Learn 「規言矩步」 today for free with this guide.

Discover the idiom 「規言矩步」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.

It is a metaphor for being cautious in words and deeds and complying with the law.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

guī yán jǔ bù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kwai1 yin4 geui2 bou6

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