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

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