奉為圭臬 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 奉为圭臬 fèngwéiguīniè ㄈㄥˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄋㄧㄝˋ to take as a guiding principle (idiom) Character by character 奉(fèng)offer 為(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