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HSK
same; identical / uniformly; all; without exception
HSK 4
HSK 4
rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
discipline
HSK 4
lawyer
HSK 4
melody
HSK 7-9
a law
forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse
meters and forms of versification; prosody
legal responsibility; liability
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  *律* | 律* | *律
surname Lü
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  *律* | 律* | *律
law
associative law (xy)z = x(yz) (math.)
self-discipline / self-regulation / autonomy (ethics) / autonomic (physiology)
Queen's Counsel
the Philippines
Detroit, Michigan
arrhythmia
regular
Yelü Chucai (1190-1244), Khitan statesman and advisor to Genghis Khan and Ögödei Khan, known for convincing the Mongols to tax the conquered population of the north China plains rather than slaughter it
scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
monastic discipline / commandment
arrhythmia
legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
(old) (loanword) telephone
tuning / temperament
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律)
two-character surname Yelü
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CCP
Herod the Great (73 BC - 4 BC), Roman-appointed king of Judea (37-4 BC)
thousand articles, same rule (idiom); stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all
law of Moses
rhythm / pace
tuning; temperament / music
tuning; temperament
Yollig Taxin or Yelü Dashi (1087-1143), Chinese-educated Khitan leader, founder of Western Liao 西遼|西辽 in Central Asia
(medicine) heart rhythm
rhythm / to move rhythmically
to be strict with oneself
criminal law
law firm
golden rule / key principle
sufficient grounds (law)
external regulation (e.g. by means of a regulatory body, as opposed to self-regulation 自律) / (ethics) heteronomy
long poem in lüshi form 律詩|律诗
laws and decrees
see 沙拉
to tune (e.g. piano)
arrhythmia
Malé, capital of Maldives (Tw)
law firm (abbr. for 律師事務所|律师事务所)
to be strict with oneself (idiom) / to demand a lot of oneself
Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
Filipino
commutative law xy = yx (math)
Mosaic Law
(math.) distributive law
(computing) Moore's law
equal temperament
autonomic nervous system
Eluid (son of Achim)
circadian rhythm
University of the Philippines
the Three Rules of Discipline and Eight Points for Attention, a military doctrine issued in 1928 by Mao Zedong for the Red Army, which included a number of injunctions demanding high standards of behavior and respect for civilians during wartime
solicitor (law)
right to protection by law (law)
conservation law (physics)
equal temperament (music)
inverse-square law (physics)
inverse square law (physics)
regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
legal force (i.e. binding in law)
Archimedes' principle (physical law of buoyancy)
general counsel
Self-Regulation Organization / SRO
Tagalog (language)
(bird species of China) Philippine cuckoo-dove (Macropygia tenuirostris)
barefoot lawyer / grassroots lawyer
laws of motion (mechanics)
an iron law; a cast-iron rule
cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse) / (linguistics) prosody


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