| 界线 | jiè xiàn | limits / bounds / dividing line |   |
| 出线 | chū xiàn | (sports) to go out of bounds / to go over the line / to qualify for the next round of competition / (Tw) (fig.) to make the grade / to achieve success | |
| 出轨 | chū guǐ | to be derailed / to go off the rails / (fig.) to overstep the bounds / (fig.) to have an extramarital affair | |
| 本分 | běn fèn | (to play) one's part / one's role / one's duty / (to stay within) one's bounds / dutiful / keeping to one's role | |
| 风起云涌 | fēng qǐ yún yǒng | to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds | |
| 突飞猛进 | tū fēi měng jìn | to advance by leaps and bounds | |
| 出格 | chū gé | to overstep the bounds of what is proper / to take sth too far / (of a measuring device) to go off the scale | |
| 越轨 | yuè guǐ | to run off the track / to step out of line / to overstep the bounds of propriety | |
| 出界 | chū jiè | to cross a border / (sport) to go out of bounds | |
| 安份 | ān fèn | not going beyond one's bounds / also written 安分[an1 fen4] | |
| 非分 | fēi fèn | improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非份[fei1 fen4] | |
| 不越雷池 | bù yuè Léi chí | not overstepping the prescribed limits / to remain within bounds | |
| 贪贿无艺 | tān huì wú yì | greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom) / unbridled corruption | |
| 出圈儿 | chū quān r | to overstep the bounds / to go too far | |
| 失格 | shī gé | to overstep the rules / to go out of bounds / disqualification / to lose face / disqualified | |
| 界内球 | jiè nèi qiú | ball within bounds (sports) / in / fair ball (baseball) | |
| 禁足 | jìn zú | to forbid sb to go out / to confine to one location (e.g. student, soldier, prisoner, monk etc) / to ground (as disciplinary measure) / to gate / to curfew / restriction on movement / ban on visiting a place / out of bounds / off limits / caveat | |
| 苦海无边，回头是岸 | kǔ hǎi wú biān , huí tóu shì àn | The sea of bitterness has no bounds, turn your head to see the shore (idiom). Only Buddhist enlightenment can allow one to shed off the abyss of worldly suffering. / Repent and ye shall be saved! | |
| 越职 | yuè zhí | to exceed one's authority / to go beyond the bounds of one's job | |
| 非份 | fēi fèn | improper / presumptuous / assuming / overstepping one's bounds / also written 非分[fei1 fen4] | |
