故辙

故轍
gùzhé
  1. rut (made by vehicles)
  2. (fig.) conventional ways

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 故 gù
  1. happening
  2. instance
  3. reason
  4. cause
  5. intentional
  6. former
  7. old
  8. friend
  9. therefore
  10. hence
  11. (of people) to die, dead
2 辙 zhé
  1. rut; track of a wheel (Taiwan pr. chè)
  2. (coll.) the direction of traffic
  3. a rhyme (of a song, poem etc)
  4. (dialect) (usu. after 有 yǒu or 没 méi) way; idea

Containing this entry

一改故辙 yīgǎigùzhé
  1. complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. a volte-face
  3. to change old practices

Related entries

窠臼 kējiù
  1. stereotypical pattern
  2. rut