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

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WORDS

四項基本原 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 jī běn yuán zé fundamental doctrine; guiding principle; raison d'être
學如逆水行舟,不進退 xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back
學而不思罔,思而不學殆 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)
學而優仕 xué ér yōu zé shì one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
shǒu zé rules; regulations
shí zé actually; in fact
小不忍亂大謀 xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
帕累托法 pà lèi tuō fǎ zé Pareto principle
為王,敗為寇 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
gǎi zé Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
縣 gǎi zé xiàn Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong
既來之,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 rì kā zé Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet
日喀地區 rì kā zé dì qū Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze
日喀市 rì kā zé shì Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet, Chinese Rikaze
會計準理事會 kuài jì zhǔn zé lǐ shì huì accounting standards council
改之,無加勉 yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
徐 lín zé xú Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
欲速不達 yù sù zé bù dá lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (idiom, from Analects); more haste, less speed; don't try to run before you can walk
zhèng zé regular (figure in geometry)
參數 zhèng zé cān shù regular parametrization
表達式 zhèng zé biǎo dá shì regular expression (computing)
天 wǔ zé tiān Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
水至清無魚,人至察無徒 shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)