"Principle" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yuán zé principle / doctrine / CL:個|个[ge4]
 yuán lǐ principle / theory
 dào li reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL:個|个[ge4]
 zé (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items
 dào road / path / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3] / principle / truth / morality / reason / skill / method / Dao (of Daoism) / to say / to speak / to talk / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
 lǐ zé principle / logic
 běn zhe based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle
 Kē xué Fā zhǎn guān Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[Hu2 Jin3 tao1], incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007
 jī běn yuán zé fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être
 yuán zé shang in principle / generally
 wéi jì lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle
 gāng lǐng program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle
 jī běn yuán lǐ fundamental principle
 tóng dào same principle
 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
 fǎ lǐ legal principle / jurisprudence
 dà dào li major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk
  active principle
 tōng zé general rule / general principle
 xué lǐ scientific principle / theoretical standpoint
 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle
 jié cāo integrity / moral principle
 zhàng yì zhí yán to speak out for justice (idiom) / to take a stand on a matter of principle
 gé zhì to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1]) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
 jiān ài "universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally
 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1]
 bù kě zhī lùn agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
 lǎo huáng lì (lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
 gāng head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program
 gān surname Qian / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 / representing sky / male principle
 jīn kē yù lu:4 golden rule / key principle
 cí bēi wéi běn mercy as the guiding principle (idiom) / the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
 cāo fǔ fá kē (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
 gé wù zhì zhī to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom) / pursuing knowledge to the end
 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
 gé nián huáng lì lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
 fèng wéi guī niè to take as a guiding principle (idiom)
 biàn fēn yuán lǐ variational principle (physics)
 yī bān yuán zé general principle
 zhǔ yào lái yuán principle source / main source
 yī zhōng yuán zé One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
 bù què dìng xìng yuán lǐ Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (1927)
 lìng jié festive season / happy time / noble principle
 fá kē (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
 Pà lèi tuō fǎ zé Pareto principle
 jù lǐ according to reason / in principle
 fú lì dìng lu:4 Archimedes' principle (physical law of buoyancy)
 jiǎn zé general rule / simple principle
 lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu tou when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second / the tip of the iceberg / the cockroach principle
 fú lái míng yuán zé Flemming principle
 fēi qí shì yuán zé non-discrimination principle
 hé fǎ xìng yuán zé principle of legality
 kě shěn jì yuán zé auditability principle / principle of auditability
  principle of notification, consultation and negotiation
 jī céng yuán zé principle of subsidiarity
 chéng xù yuán zé principle of procedure
 gè guó zhǔ quán píng děng yuán zé principle of sovereign equality of all States / principle of sovereign equality
  principle of geographical rotation
  principle of non-interference
 hé lǐ yuán zé principle of reasonability
 jiāo fù yuán zé delivery principle
 bái pàn yuán zé clean slate principle / clean slate rule
 tòng lèi yuán zé ejusdem generis principle
  proportionality principle / principle of proportionality
  step-by-step principle
 shì qián hé zhǔn yuán zé principle of prior authorization
 bǎo hù yuán zé protective principle
 yù fáng yuán zé precautionary principle
 shí zhì nèi róng yuán zé principle of content
 bù qiǎng pò yuán zé principle of non-coertion
  principle of integration and interrelationship, in particular in relation to human rights and social, economic and environmental objectives / principle of integration and interrelationship / integration principle
  principle of public participation and access to information and justice / public participation principle
  principle of public participation and access to information and justice / public participation principle
  discrimination principle / principle of distinction / principle of discrimination
  discrimination principle / principle of distinction / principle of discrimination
 yōu xiān yuán zé principle of precedence
  proportionality principle
  non-encroachment principle
 bǔ chōng yuán zé principle of complementarity / complementarity
 bǔ chōng zuò yòng principle of complementarity / complementarity
  arm's length principle
  principle of strict sufficiency
  principle of equidistance cum special circumstances / equidistance-special circumstances rule
  box principle
  double incrimination principle
  principle of non-intervention
  principle of non-intervention in the domestic affairs of other States
  double jeopardy rule / non bis in idem principle
  territorial principle
  pacta sunt servanda rule / pacta sunt servanda principle
  Noblemaire principle
  non-expulsion principle / principle of non-refoulement
使  principle of undiminished security at the lowest level of armaments
 bù xiāng róng yuán lǐ (Pauli) exclusion principle (physics)
 dà jié major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character
 hǎo rén good person / healthy person / person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle
 yǐ bù biàn yìng wàn biàn (idiom) to deal with varying circumstances by adhering to a basic principle
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