則 zé

rule, law, regulation; grades

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

WORDS

一中原則 yī zhōng yuán zé One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
一則 yī zé on the one hand
一則以喜，一則以憂 yī zé yǐ xǐ ， yī zé yǐ yōu happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一般原則 yī bān yuán zé general principle
三人行，則必有我師 sān rén xíng ， zé bì yǒu wǒ shī If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
三原則 sān yuán zé the Three Principles (in many contexts)
不儉則匱 bù jiǎn zé kuì wastage makes one destitute (idiom)
不平則鳴 bù píng zé míng where there is injustice, there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice
不規則 bù guī zé irregular
不規則三角形 bù guī zé sān jiǎo xíng scalene triangle (math.)
不規則四邊形 bù guī zé sì biān xíng irregular quadrilateral; trapezium
以身作則 yǐ shēn zuò zé to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
儉則不缺 jiǎn zé bù quē frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
再則 zài zé moreover; besides
則個 zé gè (old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)
則步隆 zé bù lóng Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)
則辣黑 zé là hēi Zerah (name)
勤則不匱 qín zé bù kuì If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
半規則 bàn guī zé quasi-regular
原則 yuán zé principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]
原則上 yuán zé shang in principle; generally
原則性 yuán zé xìng principled
否則 fǒu zé if not; otherwise; else; or else
和平共處五項原則 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
喜則氣緩 xǐ zé qì huǎn joy depresses one's qi vital breath; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
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