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因循守旧

yīn xún shǒu jiù

4-character word Traditional 因循守舊

What 因循守旧 means

1. idiomto continue in the same old rut
2. diehard conservative attitudes

The characters in 因循守旧

• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 循xún(bound form) to follow; to act in accordance with
• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch
• 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新; former

Example sentences

• 世事变幻无常，人不能因循守旧、一成不变。
  Shìshì biànhuàn wúcháng, rén bù néng yīnxúnshǒujiù, yīchéngbùbiàn.
  Things change from time to time, and one should change with them.