"Precedent" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 口子 | kǒu zi | hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent |   |
| 先例 | xiān lì | antecedent / precedent | |
| 稿子 | gǎo zi | draft of a document / script / manuscript / mental plan / precedent | |
| 前例 | qián lì | precedent | |
| 例 |  lì | example / precedent / rule / case / instance | |
| 往例 | wǎng lì | (usual) practice of the past / precedent | |
| 判例 | pàn lì | judicial precedent | |
| 下不为例 | xià bù wéi lì | not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once | |
| 沿例 | yán lì | following the model / according to precedent | |
| 开例 | kāi lì | to create a precedent | |
| 萧规曹随 | Xiāo guī Cáo suí | lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent | |
| 成例 | chéng lì | an established precedent / a convention | |
