Keep to the law
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is B à ol à ngsh à UL à, which means sticking to the law and not knowing how to adapt. The source is "Yan Family Precepts · mianxue".
The origin of Idioms
In Yan Zhitui's family precepts mianxue of the Northern Qi Dynasty, it is said that "if I know to abide by orders and laws, and give up early punishment, then I can level the prison."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: cling to the old and follow the old; antonym: discard the old and bring forth the new
Idiom usage
People who obey the law will also make mistakes.
Keep to the law
as the medicine took effect , the symptoms lessened - yào dào bìng chú
the few are no match for the many - sì bù niù liù
conceal the faults of others and praise their good points - yǐn è yáng shàn
so full of hatred that each wants to get the other 's head - mào shǒu zhī chóu