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HSK
otherwise; if not; or (else)
HSK 4
rule; regulation / regular; orderly; fixed
HSK 4
principle / doctrine / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
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(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
norm / standard / criterion
HSK 7-9
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
HSK 7-9
regular (figure in geometry)
detailed rules and regulations / bylaws
rules / regulations
actually / in fact
Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
law / rule / code
general rule / general principle
Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.
that being the case / then / in that case
supplementary provision / bylaw / additional article (law)
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
nevertheless / although
general rules; general principles; general provisions
rule
listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
moreover / besides
one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
(idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach
general rule / simple principle
to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out
where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice
penal provision; penalty
(old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
regular expression (computing)
the law of the jungle
in principle / generally
tough adversaries make you stronger
irregular
general principle
Xigazê, prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region 西藏自治區|西藏自治区
principled
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
L'Hôpital's rule (math.)
specific provisions (based on general regulations)
regularity
To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
(idiom) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends
principle / logic
If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
scalene triangle (math.)
irregular quadrilateral / trapezium
traffic rules / rules of the road
Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)
Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
(idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed
unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
unprincipled
One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
on the one hand
(idiom) happy on the one hand, but worried on the other
Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)
Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament)
If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
quasi-regular
joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être
Pareto principle
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong
Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
accounting standards council
regular parametrization
logic
Rayleigh criterion (optics)
to make a decision when it's time to decide
L'Hôpital's rule (math.) (Tw)
a maxim / one's principles
a maxim / one's principles
code of conduct / standard of conduct
regularity


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