條條框框

fixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions

strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

frame (e.g. door frame) / casing / fig. framework / template / to circle (i.e. draw a circle around sth) / to frame / to restrict / Taiwan pr. [kuang1]

to frame / to circle / pattern / convention / restriction