遵循

zūnxún · HSK 7

follow

👣 遵 obey + 循 follow-a-path = abide by, conform to; both halves mean follow

遵 zūn means to obey or comply, and 循 xún means to follow along a set path. Doubling two follow-words gives a strong sense of strictly abiding by rules or conforming to a standard.

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