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norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify
HSK 3
to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota) / regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations
HSK 3
large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale
HSK 4
rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
HSK 4
rule; regulation / regular; orderly; fixed
HSK 4
scale; scope; extent
HSK 4
to draw up a plan; to map out a program / a plan; a program
HSK 5
legislation / statute
HSK 5
regular / according to standards
HSK 5
to violate the rules
HSK 5
to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
HSK 6
code of conduct; conventions; common practice / routine (medical procedure etc)
HSK 6
standard / norm / specification
HSK 7-9
lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved
HSK 7-9
(of a project, organization etc) to have begun to take shape
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *規* | 規* | *規
compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
ruler and compass (in geometric constructions)
canon / religious rules
rule; regulation
irregular
to evade / to dodge
regular
conforming with the norms of society
rules and regulations
traffic rules / rules of the road
rule
compass (drafting)
new rule
to standardize / standardization
to advise
operating rules / work regulations
regular army / standing army
hidebound by convention (idiom)
family rules; family code of conduct
to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly / to act according to convention
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)
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
school rules and regulations
to remonstrate / to warn earnestly (esp. classical written Chinese) / to exhort
to restore (deposed monarch, rule, system of laws, ecological system etc) / restoration
(idiom) outmoded conventions; old-fashioned ways
established rules / the beaten track
objectionable practices
conventional weapon
rules; regulations
plate gauge
to admonish
according to a pattern / regular / orderly / structured / neat and tidy
compasses, set square, spirit level and plumbline (idiom); fig. established standard / norms / criteria
outmoded conventions / old-fashioned ways
factory regulations
to decide / to determine / established practice / (dialect) firmly resolved (to do sth)
to regulate / rules and regulations / regulatory / style and structure (esp. of building)
cuckoo
variant of 規誡|规诫
to regulate
unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)
regulations
to behave oneself; to abide by the rules
(sports) regular season
Standard Model (of particle physics)
compliance
shuanggui, an extralegal system within the CCP for detaining and interrogating cadres who fall from grace
technical specification
irregular quadrilateral / trapezium
scalene triangle (math.)
according to provisions / as stipulated in the rules
expressly stipulated (in writing)
normal / standard
design norm / planning regulations
according to regulation
economies of scale
not standard / abnormal / irregular
Circinus (constellation)
ordinary provision (law)
feeler gauge
religious precept / taboo / rule
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
integrated program
weapon of mass destruction
standard / norm
overall plan / master plan
angle gauge / clinograph
without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
traffic rules (abbr. for 交通規則|交通规则)
construction plan
quasi-regular
(anatomy) semicircular canal
land use plan (official P.R.C. government term)
town planning
a gauge block (block for accurate measurement)
ruler and compass construction (geometry)
regulatory plan
sundial
service regulation
regular education
without rules, how can anything be done (idiom); one must follow some rules
network planner
linear programming

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