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不敢越雷池一步

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Collocation

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不敢越雷池一步的人
2
绝对不敢越雷池一步
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言行小心谨慎,不敢越雷池一步
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工作墨守成规,不敢越雷池一步

Definition

不敢越雷池一步:

Literally means:

not dare to go one step beyond the prescribed limit

Actually means:

越 means crossing or going across. 雷池, the name the ancient river, now is in the northeast of Wangjiang County, Anhui Province.

The phras means keeping cautiously within bounds when talking or doing things. It is sometimes used to criticize those who are conventional and do not handle things flexibly according to the new situation. Derogatory.

越,跨过。雷池,古代一条河流的名称,现在安徽省望江县东南。

不敢越雷池一步,比喻做事说话不敢越过一定的范围或界限。有时用来批评坚守老规矩,不能根据新的情况灵活处理事情。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or attributive. (作谓语、定语)
1
Guò
过去
yǒu
duàn
shíjiān
时间
  
,
xué
大学
zhǔn
不准
xuésheng
学生
tánliànài
谈恋爱
  
,
dànshì
但是
xiǎng
tánliànài
谈恋爱
de
háishi
还是
guǎn
不管
zhèxiē
这些
guīdìng
规定
  
,
zhīyǒu
只有
shǎoshù
少数
rén
lái
惹来
fan
麻烦
ér
gǎnyuèléichí
不敢越雷池一步
  

In the past, there was a time when students were not allowed to fall in love in college, but those who wanted to fall in love or not, only a few people were afraid to get into trouble and didn't dare to go one step further.

2
Yóu
由于
shèhuì
社会
duì
xuésheng
学生
de
píngjià
评价
réng
kǎoshì
考试
chéng
成绩
wéi
héngliáng
衡量
biāozhǔn
标准
  
,
suǒ
所以
xuéxiào
学校
de
gōngzuò
工作
zhǐnéng
只能
shì
yìngshì
应试
jiào
教育
  
,
juéduì
绝对
gǎnyuèléichí
不敢越雷池一步
  

As the evaluation of students by the community is still based on test scores as a measure, so the work of the school can only be "test-taking" education, absolutely dare not go one step further.

3
guǒ
如果
de
xiàshǔ
下属
guàn
习惯于
ànzhào
按照
de
mìnglìng
命令
zuòshì
做事
  
,
jiù
huì
chéngwéi
成为
quē
缺乏
yìngbiàn
应变
néng
能力
  
gǎnyuèléichí
不敢越雷池一步
de
rén
机器人
  

If your subordinates are used to following your orders, he will become a robot that lacks resilience and dares not step over the mine pond.