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to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
HSK 3
norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify
HSK 3
rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
rule; regulation / regular; orderly; fixed
HSK 4
scale / scope / extent / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale
HSK 4
to violate the rules
HSK 5
to draw up a plan; to map out a program / a plan; a program
HSK 5
legislation / statute
HSK 5
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
code of conduct; conventions; common practice / routine (medical procedure etc)
HSK 6
to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
HSK 6
standard / norm / specification
HSK 7-9
lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved
HSK 7-9
rules; regulations
to evade / to dodge
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compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme
rule; regulation
school rules and regulations
terms (of an agreement)
compass (drafting)
to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
family rules; family code of conduct
according to a pattern / regular / orderly / structured / neat and tidy
gauge that is held against an object to judge thickness, diameter etc, such as a feeler gauge, calipers etc / (abbr. for 評價量規|评价量规) rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
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variant of 規|规
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
to advise
rule
cuckoo
hidebound by convention (idiom)
outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways
shuanggui, an extralegal system within the CCP for detaining and interrogating cadres who fall from grace
canon / religious rules
outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
to admonish
established rules / the beaten track
new rule
to decide / to determine / established practice / (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth)
factory regulations
religious precept / taboo / rule
lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何 governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参 (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent
(anatomy) semicircular canal
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
feeler gauge
objectionable practices
to warn (against some course) / to admonish
to remonstrate / to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) / to exhort
regulations
(of a medical graduate) to undertake standardized training (as a resident doctor in a hospital) (abbr. for 規範化培訓|规范化培训)
to restore (deposed monarch, rule, system of laws, ecological system etc) / restoration
regulations
(sports) regular season
a gauge block (block for accurate measurement)
to regulate
design norm / planning regulations
law / pattern
technical specification
to admonish / to instruct
to standardize / standardization
according to provisions / as stipulated in the rules
variant of 規誡|规诫
irregular
to advise and encourage
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
regular
overall plan / master plan
not standard / abnormal / irregular
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
regular army / standing army
weapon of mass destruction
expressly stipulated (in writing)
traffic rules (abbr. for 交通規則|交通规则)
economies of scale
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
linear programming
regularity
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
ruler and compass (in geometric constructions)
regular education
compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
scalene triangle (math.)
irregular quadrilateral / trapezium
traffic rules / rules of the road
Circinus (constellation)
land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
town planning
according to regulation
unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
planner
rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
ordinary provision (law)
conforming with the norms of society
construction plan
quasi-regular
compliance
ruler and compass construction (geometry)
conventional weapon
regulatory plan
operating rules / work regulations

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