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good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
HSK 2
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  *道* | 道* | *道
road; path (CL:條|条,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
HSK 2
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  *阴* | 阴* | *阴
overcast (weather) / cloudy / shady / Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang) / negative (electric.) / feminine / moon / implicit / hidden / genitalia
HSK 2
reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
principle / doctrine / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
principle / theory
HSK 5
program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle
HSK 7-9
based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
HSK 7-9
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  *则* | 则* | *则
(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items
HSK 7-9
lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
HSK 7-9
lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle
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  *阳* | 阳* | *阳
positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴
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  *乾* | 乾* | *乾
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing heaven / male principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 315° (northwest)
legal principle / jurisprudence
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  *纲* | 纲* | *纲
head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program
general rule / general principle
(idiom) (of a principle, purpose etc) consistently upheld; adhered to from beginning to end
to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)
"universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子, stressing that people should care for everyone equally
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom); pursuing knowledge to the end
major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character
integrity / moral principle
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
(idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle)
according to reason / in principle
general rule / simple principle
literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name
golden rule / key principle
to take as a guiding principle (idiom)
(idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛, incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007
mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être
in principle / generally
nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
general principle
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
principle / logic
(Pauli) exclusion principle (physics)
principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
(lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history; obsolete practice; old-fashioned principle
One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
festive season / happy time / noble principle
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
same principle
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  *坤* | 坤* | *坤
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦, symbolizing earth / female principle // ancient Chinese compass point: 225° (southwest)
fundamental principle
scientific principle / theoretical standpoint
Pareto principle
a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
Archimedes' principle (physical law of buoyancy)
School of Principle / Neo-Confucian Rationalistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Cheng Hao 程顥|程颢, Cheng Yi 程頤|程颐 and Zhu Xi 朱熹)
when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle
variational principle (physics)
lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle


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