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Dictionary - results for rule

SimplifiedTraditionalPinyinEnglish
- example
- precedent
- rule
- case
- instance
- 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)
- square
- frame
- rule
- (legal) case
- style
- character
- standard
- pattern
- (grammar) case
- (classical) to obstruct
- to hinder
- (classical) to arrive
- to come
- (classical) to investigate
- to study exhaustively
- carpenter's square
- rule
- regulation
- pattern
- to carve
chéng- rule
- order
- regulations
- formula
- journey
- procedure
- sequence
niè- guidepost
- rule
- standard
- limit
- target (old)
- goblet
- rule
- law
tiānxià- land under heaven
- the whole world
- the whole of China
- realm
- rule
chǐzi- rule
- ruler (measuring instrument)
- CL:[ba3]
jièguī- religious precept
- taboo
- rule
tiáoguī- rule
- law
- rule
- code
shì- rule
- method
- model
zhāng- rule
tǒngzhì- to rule (a country)
- to govern
- rule
- regime
guī- rule
- regulation
- rules and regulations
guīdìng- provision
- to fix
- to set
- to formulate
- to stipulate
- to provide
- regulation
- rule
- CL:|[ge4]
guīju- lit. compass and set square
- fig. established standard
- rule
- customs
- practices
- fig. upright and honest
- well-behaved
guīzhāng- rule
- regulation
guīfàn- norm
- standard
- specification
- regulation
- rule
- within the rules
- to fix rules
- to regulate
- to specify
zǎi- to slaughter livestock
- to govern or rule
- to cheat customers
- imperial official in dynastic China
héng- permanent
- constant
- fixed
- usual
- ordinary
- rule (old)
- one of the 64 trigrams of the Book of Changes
zhì- to rule
- to govern
- to manage
- to control
- to harness (a river)
- to treat (a disease)
- to wipe out (a pest)
- to punish
- to research
wàng- to rule
- to reign over
tìng- (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule
- to sentence
- to allow
guī- compass
- a rule
- regulation
- to admonish
- to plan
- to scheme
zhǔzǎi- to dominate
- to rule
- to dictate
- master
rénzhì- rule of man
juǎnchǐ- tape measure
- tape rule
- CL:[ba3]
wēi- powerful benevolent rule
zǎizhì- to rule
- to dominate
zhì- rule by virtue
- rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
jiàoquán- religious rule
bàozhèng- tyranny
- despotic rule
bǐngguó- to hold state power
- to rule
bǐngzhèng- to rule
- to be in power
zhì- rule of law
- to rule by law
zhǔnshéng- yardstick
- fig. criterion
- ground rule
zhào- as a rule
- as usual
- usually
wángdào- the Way of the King
- statecraft
- benevolent rule
- virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
- to break the rule
- to make an exception
jiǎn- general rule
- simple principle
jiǎnzhāng- general regulation
- simplified rule
wén- dead letter
- rule no longer in force
- empty formality
guī- rule (e.g. of science)
- law of behavior
- regular pattern
- rhythm
- discipline
tōng- general rule
- standard practice
tōng- general rule
- general principle
wéi- lack of discipline
- to break a rule
- to violate discipline
- to breach a principle
dào- the Way of the Hegemon
- abbr. for 霸王之道
- despotic rule
- rule by might
- evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道
- overbearing
- tyranny
- (of liquor, medicine etc) strong
- potent
gài- rough-and-ready method
- rule of thumb
suànchǐ- slide rule
ǒuwéizhī- to do sth once in a while (idiom)
- to do sth more as an exception than the rule
fāngzhì- local autonomy
- home rule
zhèngjiào- union of religious and political rule
- theocracy
- Caesaropapism
zhìshí- the period of Japanese rule
xuézhízhèng- rule of science
jīn- golden rule
- key principle
wángzhīdào- the Way of the Hegemon
- despotic rule
- abbr. to 霸道
zhōngyāngzhuānzhìquán- centralized autocratic rule

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