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  *治* | 治* | *治
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
norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify
HSK 3
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  *科* | 科* | *科
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
rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
rule; regulation / regular; orderly; fixed
HSK 4
land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule
HSK 6
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  *守* | 守* | *守
to guard / to defend / to keep watch / to abide by the law / to observe (rules or ritual) / nearby / adjoining
HSK 4
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
HSK 3
not one thread loose (idiom); strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place
to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master
HSK 7-9
to eliminate / to remove / to exclude / to rule out
HSK 5
to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
HSK 6
traffic rules / rules of the road
to violate the rules
HSK 5
to rule according to the law
disaster and happiness do not follow rules (idiom); future blessings and misfortunes are unpredictable
to lay down (a rule, a plan of action) / to draw up / booked out (i.e. already fully booked)
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  *宰* | 宰* | *宰
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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  *恒* | 恒* | *恒
permanent / constant / fixed / usual / ordinary / rule (old) / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes ()
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
King Huiwen of Qin 秦國|秦国, ruled 338-311 BC during the Warring States Period
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  *霸* | 霸* | *霸
hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master
in accordance with / to follow (the rules)
HSK 7-9
nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
(idiom) to divide and rule
lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved
HSK 7-9
ravenous wolves block the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
rules / regulations
law / rule / code
as a rule / as usual / usually
HSK 7-9
an iron law; a cast-iron rule
to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime
HSK 7-9
lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty
to follow the rules / to do as instructed / to play by the book / to comply with a request
HSK 7-9
to rule a country
to break the rules / to violate regulations
HSK 7-9
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
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
the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart , lungs , liver , kidneys 腎|肾, spleen and gall bladder 膽|胆)
detailed rules and regulations / bylaws
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  *训* | 训* | *训
to teach; to train; to admonish / (bound form) instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule
HSK 7-9
dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945
established rules / the beaten track
regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
HSK 7-9
the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道
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 , righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and fidelity )
to relax (a rule) / to ease (restrictions) / to extend (a time limit) / to let out (a garment) / to expand / to broaden
to serve as the norm / ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
general rules; general principles; general provisions
to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc)
HSK 7-9
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
lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
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
the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
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)
yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule
unwritten (rule)
to rule / to dominate
the period of Japanese rule
unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
Australian rules football; Aussie rules
rule of man
to overstep the rules / to go out of bounds / disqualification / to lose face / disqualified
tyranny / despotic rule
rules and regulations
to break the rule / to make an exception
Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
traffic rules (abbr. for 交通規則|交通规则)
to state in writing (laws, rules etc)
football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
law and order / rules and discipline
(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)
local autonomy / home rule
to hold state power / to rule
union of religious and political rule / theocracy / Caesaropapism
rule of law / to rule by law
religious rule
to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
rules of propriety for government officials
drill rules
to break the rules
to oppress / to rule as a despot / to tyrannize
to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
ravenous wolves hold the road (idiom); wicked people in power / a vicious tyranny rules the land
Li Houzhu (c. 937-978), the final Southern Tang ruler (ruled 961-975) and a renowned poet / given name Li Yu 李煜
1 divided by 16 is 0.0625 (abacus rule) / (fig.) to deny responsibility; to pass the buck
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
rule; method; model
to act in accordance with the old rules (idiom) / to follow a proven formula
L'Hôpital's rule (math.) (Tw)
to set / to designate / to stipulate / to provide / to draw up / to formulate (rules etc) / stipulation
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
centralized autocratic rule
religious precept / taboo / rule
(literary) to have control over; to rule
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
to scrupulously observe (rules, traditions etc)
school rules and regulations

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