奉为圭臬 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 奉為圭臬 fèngwéiguīniè ㄈㄥˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄝˋ to take as a guiding principle (idiom) Character by character 奉(fèng)offer 为(wéi)as (in the capacity of) 圭(guī)jade tablet, square at the base and rounded or pointed at the top, held by the nobility at ceremonies 臬(niè)guidepost A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0