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Traditional
Pīnyīn
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HSK
proportion / scale
HSK 3
(idiom) unprecedented in history
HSK 7-9
regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
HSK 7-9
to give an example
HSK 7-9
convention / usual practice
HSK 7-9
precedent
HSK 7-9
as a rule / as usual / usually
HSK 7-9
special case / isolated example
HSK 7-9
example; model case
actual example / living example / illustration / demonstration / (computing) instance
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *例* | 例* | *例
example / precedent / rule / case / instance
case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example / CL: 個|个
legend (of a map, etc) / diagram / illustration / graphical symbol
to illustrate / typical example
(medical) case / occurrence of illness
style (of literature) / form
not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once
direct proportionality
old rules / example from the past / former practices
to break the rules
notes on the use of a book / guide to the reader
example / exemplar / typical case
judicial precedent
to make an exception
to create a precedent
custom / usual practice / convention up to now
following the model / according to precedent
precedent
an established precedent / a convention
general rule / standard practice
usual practice / routine
used in the construction ...為例|以...为例, "to take ... as an example"
custom; customary practice
regulations
counterexample
to amend an ordinance (abbr. for 修改條例|修改条例)
case study / classic example
sample; model; example
first case / first instance / first time (sth is done)
specific example / rare instance
(patent) implementation; embodiment
(usual) practice of the past / precedent
foot fault (tennis etc)
(engineering) corner case
first case / first instance


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