传统 (世代相传、具有特点的社会因素, 如风俗、道德、思想、作风、艺术、制度等) tradition; convention 革命传统 revolutionary tradition; 传统观念 traditional ideas [concepts]; 传统剧目 traditional theatrical pieces; traditional opera [drama]; 传统看法 traditional [conventional] viewpoint; 传统习惯 traditional customs; 传统势力 traditional force; 传统友谊 traditional (ties of) friendship
墨守成规 stick in the mud; adhere to old habits; be fettered by old conventions; follow a stereotype routine; get [fall] into a groove; get into a rut; go round like a horse in a mill; methodism; move [run] in a rut [groove]; stay in a rut; stick to established practice; stick to the accustomed rules [established practice; precedents; old methods]: 墨守成规的人 routineer; 这就是墨守成规, 不愿进步。 this was a refusal to change, to make progress. 我害怕的就是墨守成规。 人总是向往新思想和新观念的。 what i dread is to get into a rut. one yearns for freshness of thought and ideas. 他缺乏首创精神, 墨守成规地办一切事情。 he showed little initiative, handling all matters strictly by the book