| | 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 | HSK 4 |
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| | norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify | HSK 3 |
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| | branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL: 個|个 | HSK 2 |
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| | rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline | HSK 4 |
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| | rule; regulation / regular; orderly; fixed | HSK 4 |
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| | land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule | HSK 6 |
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| | to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining | HSK 4 |
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| | to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations | HSK 3 |
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| | not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place | |
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| | to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to eliminate / to remove / to exclude / to rule out | HSK 5 |
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| | to break the rules / an illegality / a foul | HSK 6 |
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| | traffic rules / rules of the road | |
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| | to violate the rules | HSK 5 |
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| | to rule according to the law | |
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| | disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable | |
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| | to lay down (a rule, a plan of action) / to draw up / booked out (i.e. already fully booked) | |
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| | 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) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes ( ䷟) | |
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| | without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules | |
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| | King Huiwen of Qin 秦國|秦国, ruled 338-311 BC during the Warring States Period | |
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| | hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master | |
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| | in accordance with / to follow (the rules) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done | |
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| | (idiom) to divide and rule | |
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| | lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved | HSK 7-9 |
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| | ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land | |
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| | rules / regulations | |
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| | law / rule / code | |
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| | as a rule / as usual / usually | HSK 7-9 |
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| | an iron law; a cast-iron rule | |
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| | to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty | |
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| | to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to rule a country | |
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| | to break the rules / to violate regulations | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention | |
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| | Duke Mu of Qin, the first substantial king of Qin (ruled 659-621 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸 | |
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| | the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心, lungs 肺, liver 肝, kidneys 腎|肾, spleen 脾 and gall bladder 膽|胆) | |
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| | detailed rules and regulations / bylaws | |
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| | to teach; to train; to admonish / (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule | HSK 7-9 |
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| | dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers | |
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| | to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 | |
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| | established rules / the beaten track | |
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| | regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 | |
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| | three principles and five virtues (idiom) / the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信) | |
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| | to relax (a rule) / to ease (restrictions) / to extend (a time limit) / to let out (a garment) / to expand / to broaden | |
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| | to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc) | |
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| | general rules; general principles; general provisions | |
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| | to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age); to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to push the boundaries of what is acceptable; to operate in a gray area / (Internet slang) sexually suggestive; provocative while skirting platform rules or censorship | |
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| | lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings | |
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| | to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place | |
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| | the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords | |
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| | to apply (sth hitherto used in a different context) / to use (rules, systems, models etc copied from elsewhere) (often implying that they aren't suited to the new situation) / to borrow (a phrase) / (Tw) (computing) to apply (a style, formatting etc) | |
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| | yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule | |
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| | unwritten (rule) | |
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| | to rule / to dominate | |
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| | the period of Japanese rule | |
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| | unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors) | |
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| | Australian rules football; Aussie rules | |
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| | rule of man | |
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| | to overstep the rules / to go out of bounds / disqualification / to lose face / disqualified | |
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| | tyranny / despotic rule | |
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| | rules and regulations | |
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| | to break the rule / to make an exception | |
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| | Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, the first dynasty to rule the whole of China | |
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| | to state in writing (laws, rules etc) | |
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| | football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc) | |
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| | law and order / rules and discipline | |
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| | (sign hung in a shop) prices fixed – no bargaining (old) / having things decided by the will of a single individual / autocratic rule / (contrasted with 群言堂) | |
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| | local autonomy / home rule | |
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| | to hold state power / to rule | |
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| | union of religious and political rule / theocracy / Caesaropapism | |
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| | rule of law / to rule by law | |
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| | religious rule | |
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| | to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building) | |
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| | without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules | |
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| | rules of propriety for government officials | |
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| | drill rules | |
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| | to break the rules | |
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| | to oppress / to rule as a despot / to tyrannize | |
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| | to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules | |
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| | ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land | |
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| | Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜 | |
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| | 1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck | |
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| | without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules | |
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| | rule; method; model | |
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| | to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula | |
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| | L'Hôpital's rule (math.) (Tw) | |
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| | to set / to designate / to stipulate / to provide / to draw up / to formulate (rules etc) / stipulation | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | centralized autocratic rule | |
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| | religious precept / taboo / rule | |
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| | (literary) to have control over; to rule | |
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| | vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom) | |
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| | to scrupulously observe (rules, traditions etc) | |
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| | school rules and regulations | |
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