Practice the rules
Practice rules, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji à ng à it à J à, meaning to follow rules. It comes from the preface of sending Mr. Tang to the south by Zeng Guofan of Qing Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
According to Zeng Guofan's preface to sending Mr. Tang to the south in the Qing Dynasty, "if the couple of Jin, Xu, Xue, Hu, Lu Jiashu and Zhang Nianzhi are loyal to their virtue, then they are insidious; if they are ironic, then they are reasonable; if they are considered to be followers of their travel, then they practice rules and regulations, and form a country."
Idiom explanation
I'm still following the rules.
Synonyms of words
too observant of conventional standards
Practice the rules
fawn upon the rich and powerful persons - qū quán fù shì
follow the reaction of others without opinion of one 's own - ǎi rén kàn xì
habits become one's second nature - xí yǔ xìng chéng