无以规矩 不成方圆
“Nothing can be accomplished without rules.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你
“You...”
无以 规矩 不成 方圆
“Nothing can be accomplished without rules.”
你排队
“Get in line!”
“Don't act like rules don't apply to you; get to the back of the line.”
Citing classic maxims from Mencius gives ordinary speakers cultural and moral high ground when correcting inappropriate behavior in public.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
nothing can be accomplished without standard rules
The second half of a ubiquitous proverb used when insisting on discipline or protocol.
wait in line / queue up
An essential daily life term used when organizing people or asking line cutters to behave.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Without rules, there's no order.”
“it cannot serve as a true guiding principle.”
“No rules, no progress.”
“Looks like there are no rules here at all.”