Dictionary - results for principle

Simplified	Traditional	Pinyin	English
则	則	zé	- conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause - standard - norm - rule - to imitate - to follow - then - principle - classifier for written items (such as an official statement)
正	正	zhèng	- just (right) - main - upright - straight - correct - positive - greater than zero - principle - to correct - to rectify
道	道	dào	- direction - way - road - path - CL:條\|条[tiao2],股[gu3] - principle - truth - morality - reason - skill - method - Dao (of Daoism) - to say - to speak - to talk - 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 - province (of Korea or Japan)
原则	原則	yuánzé	- principle - doctrine - CL:個\|个[ge4]
原理	原理	yuánlǐ	- principle - theory
理则	理則	lǐzé	- principle - logic
道理	道理	dàoli	- reason - argument - sense - principle - basis - justification - CL:個\|个[ge4]
乾	乾	qián	- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing heaven - male principle - ☰
坤	坤	kūn	- one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing earth - female principle - ☷
纲	綱	gāng	- head rope of a fishing net - guiding principle - key link - class (taxonomy) - outline - program
令节	令節	lìngjié	- festive season - happy time - noble principle
伐柯	伐柯	fákē	- (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax - fig. to follow a principle - fig. to act as match-maker
同道	同道	tóngdào	- same principle
据理	據理	jùlǐ	- according to reason - in principle
本着	本著	běnzhe	- based on... - in conformance with.. - taking as one's main principle
法理	法理	fǎlǐ	- legal principle - jurisprudence
理学	理學	Lǐxué	- 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[Cheng2 Hao4], Cheng Yi 程頤\|程颐[Cheng2 Yi2] and Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 xi1])
节操	節操	jiécāo	- integrity - moral principle
简则	簡則	jiǎnzé	- general rule - simple principle
纲领	綱領	gānglǐng	- program - guiding principle
通则	通則	tōngzé	- general rule - general principle
违纪	違紀	wéijì	- lack of discipline - to break a rule - to violate discipline - to breach a principle
原则上	原則上	yuánzéshang	- in principle - generally
大道理	大道理	dàdàoli	- major principle - general truth - sermon (reproof) - bombastic talk
老皇历	老皇曆	lǎohuánglì	- lit. last year's calendar (almanac) - fig. ancient history - obsolete practice - old-fashioned principle
一般原则	一般原則	yībānyuánzé	- general principle
仗义执言	仗義執言	zhàngyìzhíyán	- to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
基本原则	基本原則	jīběnyuánzé	- fundamental doctrine - guiding principle - raison d'être
基本原理	基本原理	jīběnyuánlǐ	- fundamental principle
操斧伐柯	操斧伐柯	cāofǔfákē	- (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax - fig. to follow a principle - fig. to act as match-maker
明哲保身	明哲保身	míngzhébǎoshēn	- a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) - to put one's own safety before matters of principle
民族主义	民族主義	mínzúzhǔyì	- 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
民权主义	民權主義	mínquánzhǔyì	- 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)
民生主义	民生主義	mínshēngzhǔyì	- 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)
金科玉律	金科玉律	jīnkēyùlǜ	- golden rule - key principle
隔年皇历	隔年皇曆	géniánhuánglì	- lit. almanac from years back (idiom) - obsolete practice - old-fashioned principle
帕累托法则	帕累托法則	Pàlèituōfǎzé	- Pareto principle
老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头	老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭	lǎoshǔtuōmùxiān,dàtóuzàihòutou	- when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second - the tip of the iceberg - the cockroach principle