cling to the habitual ways and muddle on
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī nx ú ng ǒ uqi ě, which means to follow the old and deal with perfunctorily. From answer to pan Shudu.
The origin of Idioms
In answer to pan Shudu, Lu Zuqian of Song Dynasty said, "if you forgive yourself with such language, you will follow suit and do nothing."
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, object and attribute. Example our culture may only produce people who follow the rules, but not strong and fierce heroes. Lao She's four generations in one hall
cling to the habitual ways and muddle on
parallel construction of pairs of four - and six-character sentences - pián sì lì liù