窠 臼 kē jiù stereotypical pattern / rut 辙 rut / track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. [che4]) / (coll.) the direction of traffic / a rhyme (of a song, poem etc) / (dialect) (usu. after 有[you3] or 沒|没[mei2]) way / idea 故 辙 gù zhé rut (made by vehicles) / (fig.) conventional ways 一 成 不 变 yī chéng bù biàn nothing much changes (idiom) / always the same / stuck in a rut 发 情 fā qíng (zoology) (of a female) to be in heat / (of a male) to be in rut 停 滞 不 前 tíng zhì bù qián stuck and not moving forward (idiom) / stagnant / in a rut / at a standstill 因 循 守 旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù (idiom) to continue in the same old rut / diehard conservative attitudes 车 辙 chē zhé wheel rut / vehicle track 改 弦 易 辙 gǎi xián yì zhé change of string, move out of rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / to dance to a different tune 一 改 故 辙 yī gǎi gù zhé complete change from the old rut (idiom) / dramatic change of direction / a volte-face / to change old practices 涸 辙 之 鲋 hé zhé zhī fù lit. a fish in a dried-out rut (idiom) / fig. a person in dire straits 蹈 常 袭 故 dǎo cháng xí gù follow the same old path (idiom) / stuck in a rut / always the same routine
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