框框 (kuàng kuàng) — (figurative) restriction, convention, set pattern; (literal) frame, circle, boundary
Definition
Literally a drawn frame or circle; figuratively, a restrictive convention or rigid rule. 打破框框 means to break free from conventional thinking.
noun
(figurative) restrictionconventionset pattern(literal) framecircleboundary
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 框框。Chuán tǒng de kuàng kuàng xiàn zhì le wǒ men de sī wéi.Traditional conventions limit our thinking.
- 框框，。Wǒ men yào gǎn yú dǎ pò jiù kuàng kuàng, chuàng zào xīn fāng fǎ.We must dare to break old patterns and create new methods.
- 框框。Tā zài zhǐ shàng huà le yí gè kuàng kuàng.He drew a circle on the paper.
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