"Rule" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 guī dìng provision / to fix / to set / to formulate / to stipulate / to provide / regulation / rule / CL:個|个[ge4]
 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify
 guī zé rule / regulation / rules and regulations
 guī lu:4 rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
 guī zhāng rule / regulation
 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime
 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved
 chǐ zi rule / ruler (measuring instrument) / CL:把[ba3]
 zǎi to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China)
 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
 fǎ zé law / rule / code
 zhǔ zǎi to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master
 fǎ shì rule / method / model
 zhì to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research
 tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
 wàng to rule / to reign over
 chéng rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence
 guī compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme
 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively
 lì example / precedent / rule / case / instance
 zǎi zhì to rule / to dominate
 xùn to teach / to train / to admonish / instruction (from superiors) / teachings / rule
 jǔ carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve
 niè guidepost / rule / standard / limit / target (old)
 gū goblet / rule / law
 tiáo guī rule
 guī zé gōng lì zhǔ yì rule
 jiè guī religious precept / taboo / rule
 zhāng zé rule
 pái chú to eliminate / to remove / to exclude / to rule out
 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law
 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent
 dìng lì to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
 zhì guó to rule a country
 wéi jì lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle
 zhí tōng chē "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
 zhào lì as a rule / as usual / usually
 qiān piān yī lu:4 thousand articles, same rule (idiom) / stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
 yī fǎ zhì guó to rule according to the law
 guāng fù to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
 xià xiá administered by / under the rule of
 pò gé to break the rule / to make an exception
 Běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
 tōng zé general rule / general principle
 rén zhì rule of man
 bào zhèng tyranny / despotic rule
 héng xíng bà dào to oppress / to rule as a despot / to tyrannize
 zhǔn shéng yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule
 liù shén the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])
 biàn tiān to undergo change in weather / restoration of reactionary rule or the previous regime
 Qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
 juǎn chǐ tape measure / tape rule / CL:把[ba3]
 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
 tōng lì general rule / standard practice
 fēn ér zhì zhī divide and rule (strategy) / divide and conquer
 jiào quán religious rule
 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master
 jǔ variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve
 jīn kē yù lu:4 golden rule / key principle
 èr yī tiān zuò wǔ lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty
 yìng tiān chéng yùn lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
 Shùn rì Yáo tiān sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
 Shùn rì Yáo nián sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
 qí jiā zhì guó to regulate the family and rule the state (idiom)
 ǒu yī wéi zhī to do sth once in a while (idiom) / to do sth more as an exception than the rule
 jì suàn chǐ slide rule
 kē xué zhí zhèng rule of science
 zhèng zì fǎ guī zé orthographic rule
 zhèng jiào hé yī union of religious and political rule / theocracy / Caesaropapism
 zhōng yāng zhuān zhì jí quán centralized autocratic rule
 xiān wáng zhī zhèng the rule of former kings
 dì fāng zì zhì local autonomy / home rule
 yìng tiān shùn shí lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
 àn lì xiàn zhì guó to rule a country according to the constitution
 gài cè fǎ rough-and-ready method / rule of thumb
 jiǎn zé general rule / simple principle
 Tái nán fǔ Tainan Prefecture, a prefecture of Taiwan under Qing rule
 xū wén dead letter / rule no longer in force / empty formality
 guī fù to restore (deposed monarch, rule, system of laws, ecological system etc) / restoration
 dìng chū to lay down (a rule, a plan of action) / to draw up / booked out (i.e. already fully booked)
 Bà wáng zhī dào the Way of the Hegemon / despotic rule / abbr. to 霸道
 luò bì dá fǎ zé L'Hôpital's rule (math.)
 jué cè guī zé decision rule
 lián hé guó fǎ zhì zhǐ biāo United Nations Rule of Law Indicators
  gag rule
  Rule of Law Liaison Office
 fǎ zhì gǔ Rule of Law Unit
  Rule of Law, Judicial System and Prison Advisory Section
  Rule of Law, Equality and Non-discrimination Branch
  majority rule
 gōng zuò rén yuán xì zé Staff Rule
  Rule of Law Officer
 fǎ zhì zhèng cè bàn gōng shì Policy Office for the Rule of Law
  administrative rule
 fǎ zhì kē Rule of Law Section
 fǎ zhì gù wèn Rule of Law Adviser
 liù zhōu guī dìng six-week documentation rule / six-week rule / 6-week rule
  Office of Rule of Law and Security Institutions
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