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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.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

框kuàngframe
框kuàngframe

框 (frame) doubled to suggest frames or set patterns.

Characters in this word

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