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不越雷池

bù yuè Léi chí

4-character word

What 不越雷池 means

1. not overstepping the prescribed limits
2. to remain within bounds

The characters in 不越雷池

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 越yuèto exceed; to climb over; to surpass
• 雷léithunder; (bound form; military) mine, as in 地雷; (colloquial) to shock; to stun; to astound
• 池chípond; reservoir; moat

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