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HSK
large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale
HSK 4
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
HSK 3
norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify
HSK 3
rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
legislation / statute
HSK 5
to draw up a plan; to map out a program / a plan; a program
HSK 5
scale; scope; extent
HSK 4
to violate the rules
HSK 5
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
rule; regulation / regular; orderly; fixed
HSK 4
traffic rules / rules of the road
expressly stipulated (in writing)
regular
ordinary provision (law)
to regulate
rule; regulation
conforming with the norms of society
lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved
HSK 7-9
irregular
town planning
conventional weapon
not standard / abnormal / irregular
regulations
to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
HSK 6
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
overall plan / master plan
lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何 governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参 (idiom) / fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor / to follow precedent
(anatomy) semicircular canal
to standardize / standardization
unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
ruler and compass construction (geometry)
to evade / to dodge
weapon of mass destruction
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
rules and regulations
code of conduct; conventions; common practice / routine (medical procedure etc)
HSK 6
school rules and regulations
planning department
established rules / the beaten track
regularity
irregular quadrilateral / trapezium
feeler gauge
(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape
design norm / planning regulations
standard / norm
sundial
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
economies of scale
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
to advise
integrated program
cuckoo
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
standard / norm / specification
HSK 7-9
compliance
to decide / to determine / established practice / (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth)
rule
(idiom) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
quasi-regular
religious precept / taboo / rule
to admonish / to instruct
ruler and compass (in geometric constructions)
rules; regulations
to remonstrate / to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) / to exhort
compass (drafting)
(sports) regular season
linear programming
according to a pattern / regular / orderly / structured / neat and tidy
technical specification
regular education
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)
planner
law / pattern
shuanggui, an extralegal system within the CCP for detaining and interrogating cadres who fall from grace
irregular; disordered
hidebound by convention (idiom)
construction plan
service regulation
regularity
to admonish
normal / standard
gauge that is held against an object to judge thickness, diameter etc, such as a feeler gauge, calipers etc / (abbr. for 評價量規|评价量规) rubric (i.e. a guide listing specific criteria for grading)
a gauge block (block for accurate measurement)
family rules; family code of conduct
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  *規* | 規* | *規
compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme
regulations
terms (of an agreement)
Standard Model (of particle physics)
regular army / standing army
(of a medical graduate) to undertake standardized training (as a resident doctor in a hospital) (abbr. for 規範化培訓|规范化培训)
land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
new rule
(Tw) (seismology) Richter scale
to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
to warn (against some course) / to admonish
traffic rules (abbr. for 交通規則|交通规则)
plate gauge
canon / religious rules

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