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rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
HSK 4
lawyer
HSK 4
discipline
HSK 4
same; identical / uniformly; all; without exception
HSK 4
melody
HSK 7-9
Detroit, Michigan
external regulation (e.g. by means of a regulatory body, as opposed to self-regulation 自律) / (ethics) heteronomy
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surname Lü
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law
rhythm / to move rhythmically
(medicine) heart rhythm
the Philippines
self-discipline / self-regulation / autonomy (ethics) / autonomic (physiology)
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
tuning; temperament / music
forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse
laws and decrees
monastic discipline / commandment
cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse) / (linguistics) prosody
rhythm / pace
to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
to be strict with oneself
an iron law; a cast-iron rule
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
criminal law
salad (loanword)
long poem in lüshi form 律詩|律诗
tuning; temperament
a law
meters and forms of versification; prosody
golden rule / key principle
tuning / temperament
to tune (e.g. piano)
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
two-character surname Yelü
Tagalog (language)
arrhythmia
legal responsibility; liability
Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
law firm
arrhythmia
regular
Herod the Great (73 BC - 4 BC), Roman-appointed king of Judea (37-4 BC)
associative law (xy)z = x(yz) (math.)
law of Moses
Mosaic Law
general counsel
Filipino
Eluid (son of Achim)
(math.) distributive law
commutative law xy = yx (math)
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP
right to protection by law (law)
inverse square law (physics)
law firm (abbr. for 律師事務所|律师事务所)
legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
equal temperament
conservation law (physics)
inverse-square law (physics)
Queen's Counsel
circadian rhythm
verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律)
solicitor (law)
sufficient grounds (law)
equal temperament (music)
Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
(old) (loanword) telephone
arrhythmia
(computing) Moore's law
legal force (i.e. binding in law)
Archimedes' principle (physical law of buoyancy)
Malé, capital of Maldives (Tw)
Self-Regulation Organization / SRO
autonomic nervous system
University of the Philippines
(bird species of China) Philippine cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris)
barefoot lawyer / grassroots lawyer
laws of motion (mechanics)


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