则 zé

rule, law, regulation; grades

HSK 4 #284

DEFINITIONS

  • rule, law, regulation
  • grades
  • (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but
  • then
  • standard
  • norm
  • principle
  • to imitate
  • to follow
  • classifier for written items

STROKES

则 stroke order diagram
则 stroke order animation

WORDS

俭则不缺 jiǎn zé bù quē frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
再则 zài zé moreover; besides
则个 zé gè (old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
则步隆 zé bù lóng Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)
则辣黑 zé là hēi Zerah (name)
勤则不匮 qín zé bù kuì If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
半规则 bàn guī zé quasi-regular
原则上 yuán zé shang in principle; generally
和平共处五项原则 hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence; 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
喜则气缓 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
四项基本原则 sì xiàng jī běn yuán zé the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
基本原则 jī běn yuán zé fundamental doctrine; guiding principle; raison d'être
学如逆水行舟，不进则退 xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu ， bù jìn zé tuì Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back
学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆 xué ér bù sī zé wǎng ， sī ér bù xué zé dài To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
学而优则仕 xué ér yōu zé shì one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
小不忍则乱大谋 xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
帕累托法则 pà lèi tuō fǎ zé Pareto principle
成则为王，败则为寇 chéng zé wéi wáng ， bài zé wéi kòu lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom); fig. losers are always in the wrong
改则 gǎi zé Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
改则县 gǎi zé xiàn Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
既来之，则安之 jì lái zhī ， zé ān zhī 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.
日喀则 rì kā zé Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet
日喀则地区 rì kā zé dì qū Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze
日喀则市 rì kā zé shì Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet, Chinese Rikaze
会计准则理事会 kuài jì zhǔn zé lǐ shì huì accounting standards council
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