(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

rule; regulation; regular; orderly; fixed

principle; doctrine; CL:個|个[ge4]

law; rule; code

norm; standard; criterion

rules; regulations

on the one hand

in principle; generally

moreover; besides

specific provisions (based on general regulations)

(old sentence-final expression used for emphasis)

(literary) used in expressions of the form 不[bu4] + (verb) + 則已|则已[ze2 yi3] ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..."

actually; in fact

general rules; general principles; general provisions

see 改則縣|改则县[Gai3 ze2 Xian4]

regular (figure in geometry)

that being the case; then; in that case

principle; logic

rule

general rule; simple principle

detailed rules and regulations; bylaws

penal provision; penalty

nevertheless; although

general rule; general principle

supplementary provision; bylaw; additional article (law)

irregular

Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)

Zerah (son of Judah in the Old Testament)

quasi-regular

principled

Gertse, a county in Ngari Prefecture 阿里地區|阿里地区[A1 li3 Di4 qu1], Tibet

unprincipled

see 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4]

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

Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705

unspoken rules (usually ones that codify improper behaviors such as leveraging guanxi to get favorable treatment, or coercing employees for sexual favors)

logic

regularity

regularity

One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China

general principle

where there is injustice, there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice

the law of the jungle

traffic rules; rules of the road

to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model

If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)

joy depresses one's qi vital breath; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)

the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)

fundamental doctrine; guiding principle; raison d'être