Entry
基jī本běn原yuán则zé

  1. fundamental doctrine; guiding principle; raison d'être

    trad. 基本原則

Also written 基本原則【jī běn yuán zé】

Characters in this word

4
基
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(bound form) base; foundation, (bound form) radical (chemistry), (bound form) gay (loanword from English into Cantonese, Jyutping: gei1, followed by orthographic borrowing from Cantonese)

Pinyin
jī
Strokes
11
Frequency
3484 of 2500
Words starting with 基Words ending in 基Anywhere in a word
本
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(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Pinyin
běn
Strokes
5
Frequency
799 of 2500
Words starting with 本Words ending in 本Anywhere in a word
则
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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

Pinyin
zé
Traditional
則
Strokes
6
Frequency
2398 of 2500
Words starting with 则Words ending in 则Anywhere in a word