| | otherwise; if not; or (else) | HSK 4 |
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| | rule / regulation / rules and regulations | HSK 4 |
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| | principle / doctrine / CL: 個｜个 | HSK 4 |
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| | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items | HSK 7-9 |
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| | norm / standard / criterion | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model | HSK 7-9 |
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| | general rules; general principles; general provisions | |
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| | actually / in fact | |
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| | traffic rules / rules of the road | |
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| | moreover / besides | |
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| | rules / regulations | |
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| | detailed rules and regulations / bylaws | |
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| | Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet | |
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| | irregular | |
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| | Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705 | |
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| | penal provision; penalty | |
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| | (old sentence-final expression used for emphasis) | |
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| | that being the case / then / in that case | |
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| | law / rule / code | |
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| | nevertheless / although | |
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| | regular (figure in geometry) | |
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| | rule | |
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| | listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom) | |
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| | like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom) | |
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| | principled | |
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| | correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom) | |
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| | (idiom) when you hit bottom, you have to come up with a new approach | |
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| | general rule / simple principle | |
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| | Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India | |
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| | the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) | |
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| | unprincipled | |
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| | study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind | |
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| | Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong | |
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| | to accept criticism gladly (humble expr.) / to be happy when one's errors are pointed out | |
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| | where there is injustice, there will be an outcry / man will cry out against injustice | |
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| | Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet, Chinese Rikaze | |
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| | logic | |
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| | (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience | |
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| | general rule / general principle | |
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| | Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong | |
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| | one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) | |
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| | supplementary provision / bylaw / additional article (law) | |
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| | principle / logic | |
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| | on the one hand | |
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| | scalene triangle (math.) | |
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| | lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong | |
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| | the law of the jungle | |
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| | One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China | |
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| | (idiom) happy on the one hand, but worried on the other | |
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| | general principle | |
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| | If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius) | |
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| | the Three Principles (in many contexts) | |
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| | (idiom) waste not, want not | |
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| | irregular quadrilateral / trapezium | |
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| | (idiom) waste not, want not | |
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| | specific provisions (based on general regulations) | |
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| | Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15) | |
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| | Zerah (name) | |
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| | If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom) | |
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| | quasi-regular | |
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| | in principle / generally | |
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| | joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM) | |
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| | the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平｜邓小平 in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism | |
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| | fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être | |
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| | To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius) | |
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| | Pareto principle | |
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| | Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it. | |
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| | accounting standards council | |
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| | Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 | |
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| | (idiom) (the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed | |
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| | regular parametrization | |
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| | regular expression (computing) | |
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| | (idiom) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends | |
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| | L'Hôpital's rule (math.) | |
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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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| | Rayleigh criterion (optics) | |
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| | to make a decision when it's time to decide | |
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| | L'Hôpital's rule (math.) (Tw) | |
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| | a maxim / one's principles | |
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| | a maxim / one's principles | |
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| | code of conduct / standard of conduct | |
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| | regularity | |
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| | regularity | |
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| | regularity effect | |
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| | tough adversaries make you stronger | |
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