"Chatham House Rule" Chinese-English Dictionary

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挨家,挨户 挨家,挨戶 āi jiā , āi hù to go from house to house / house-to-house (search)
挨户,挨家 挨戶,挨家 āi hù , āi jiā to go from house to house / house-to-house (search) / same as 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户
挨门,挨户 挨門,挨戶 āi mén , āi hù to go from house to house / house-to-house (search) / same as 挨家挨戶|挨家挨户
查塔姆大厦 Chatham House
六周规定 六周規定 liù zhōu guī dìng six-week documentation rule / six-week rule / 6-week rule
查塔姆县 查塔姆縣 chá tǎ mǔ xiàn Chatham
统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn
法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn
霸道 bà dào the Way of the Hegemon / abbr. for 霸王之道 / despotic rule / rule by might / evil as opposed to the Way of the King 王道 / overbearing / tyranny / (of liquor, medicine etc) strong / potent syn
德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
孟加拉湾规则 孟加拉灣規則 mèng jiā lā wān guī zé Bengal Bay rule / Bengal rule
开放和有规则的贸易制度第9工作队 開放和有規則的貿易制度第9工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems / Task Force 9 on Open, Rule-Based Trading Systems
法律规则 法律規則 fǎ lǜ guī zé substantive rule / legislative rule
法律实施规则 法律實施規則 fǎ lǜ shí shī guī zé substantive rule / legislative rule
半圆检验 半圓檢驗 semi-circle test / semi-circle rule / semi-circular rule
半圆规则 半圓規則 semi-circle test / semi-circle rule / semi-circular rule
正面规则 正面規則 formula / positive rule / affirmative rule
人家 rén jiā household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be / CL:戶|户[hu4],家[jia1] syn
二手房 èr shǒu fáng second-hand house / house acquired indirectly through a middle-man
众议院 眾議院 zhòng yì yuàn lower house of bicameral assembly / House of Representatives (USA) / Chamber of Deputies
宅院 zhái yuàn house / house with a courtyard syn
挨家挨户 挨家挨戶 āi jiā āi hù to go from house to house syn
金屋藏娇 金屋藏嬌 jīn wū cáng jiāo a golden house to keep one's mistress (idiom) / a magnificent house built for a beloved woman
下议院 下議院 xià yì yuàn lower chamber (of legislative body) / lower house / the House of Commons
蓬户瓮牖 蓬戶甕牖 péng hù wèng yǒu thatched house, broken urn windows (idiom) / poor person's house / humble home syn
供房 gōng fáng to buy a house on a mortgage / house mortgage
吊楼 吊樓 diào lóu house overhanging a river, supported at the rear by stilts / house built in a hilly area, supported by stilts
挨家 āi jiā from house to house, one by one
挨户 挨戶 āi hù from house to house, one by one
排屋 pái wū row house / townhouse / terrace house
蓬户 蓬戶 péng hù thatched house / poor person's house / humble home
信息交换中心 信息交換中心 information clearing house / clearing house
众议院外交事务委员会 眾議院外交事務委員會 House Committee on Foreign Affairs / House Foreign Affairs Committee
家家酒 jiā jiā jiǔ (Tw) house (children's game) / playing house
透天厝 tòu tiān cuò (Tw) row house / townhouse / terrace house
路冲 路衝 lù chōng (feng shui) street layout in which the line of a road runs toward a house (as at a T-intersection), regarded as unfavorable for the occupants of the house
天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn
规范 規範 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify syn
规则 規則 guī zé rule / regulation / regular / orderly / fixed syn
规律 規律 guī lǜ rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline syn
规章 規章 guī zhāng rule / regulation syn
排除 pái chú to eliminate / to remove / to exclude / to rule out syn
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn
法则 法則 fǎ zé law / rule / code syn
主宰 zhǔ zǎi to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master syn
放宽 放寬 fàng kuān to relax (a rule) / to ease (restrictions) / to extend (a time limit) / to let out (a garment) / to expand / to broaden syn
订立 訂立 dìng lì to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc) syn
治国 治國 zhì guó to rule a country syn
诸侯 諸侯 zhū hóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor / local rulers syn
违纪 違紀 wéi jì lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle syn
直通车 直通車 zhí tōng chē "through train" (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)
王道 wáng dào the Way of the King / statecraft / benevolent rule / virtuous as opposed to the Way of Hegemon 霸道 syn
照例 zhào lì as a rule / as usual / usually syn
千篇一律 qiān piān yī lǜ thousand articles, same rule (idiom) / stereotyped and repetitive / once you've seen one, you've seen them all syn
法式 fǎ shì rule / method / model
依法治国 依法治國 yī fǎ zhì guó to rule according to the law
光复 光復 guāng fù to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 syn
破格 pò gé to break the rule / to make an exception syn
北伐 běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
通则 通則 tōng zé general rule / general principle
人治 rén zhì rule of man
不成文 bù chéng wén unwritten (rule)
暴政 bào zhèng tyranny / despotic rule syn
横行霸道 橫行霸道 héng xíng bà dào to oppress / to rule as a despot / to tyrannize syn
准绳 準繩 zhǔn shéng yardstick / fig. criterion / ground rule syn
六神 liù shén the six spirits that rule the vital organs (heart 心[xin1], lungs 肺[fei4], liver 肝[gan1], kidneys 腎|肾[shen4], spleen 脾[pi2] and gall bladder 膽|胆[dan3])
秦代 qín dài Qin dynasty (221-207 BC), founded by the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], the first dynasty to rule the whole of China
卷尺 juǎn chǐ tape measure / tape rule / CL:把[ba3]
zhì to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research syn
tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow syn
chéng rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence syn
guī compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme syn
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn
违拗 違拗 wéi ào to disobey / to defy / to deliberately go against (a rule, a convention, sb's wishes etc) syn
垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
example / precedent / rule / case / instance syn
通例 tōng lì general rule / standard practice
分而治之 fēn ér zhì zhī (idiom) to divide and rule
宰制 zǎi zhì to rule / to dominate syn
教权 教權 jiào quán religious rule
xùn to teach / to train / to admonish / (bound form) instruction (from superiors) / teachings / rule syn
hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master syn
zǎi to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) syn
carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve syn
(archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule / convention
variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve
niè guidepost / rule / standard / limit / target (old) syn
goblet / rule / law syn
二一添作五 èr yī tiān zuò wǔ lit. one half equals zero point five (division rule in abacus reckoning) / to share fairly between two parties / to go fifty-fifty
应天承运 應天承運 yìng tiān chéng yùn lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom) / to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
舜日尧天 舜日堯天 shùn rì yáo tiān sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
舜日尧年 舜日堯年 shùn rì yáo nián sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom) / all for the best in the best of all possible worlds
齐家治国 齊家治國 qí jiā zhì guó to regulate the family and rule the state (idiom)
三下五除二 sān xià wǔ chú èr three, set five remove two (abacus rule) / efficiently / quickly and easily
九九归一 九九歸一 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done
偶一为之 偶一為之 ǒu yī wéi zhī to do sth once in a while (idiom) / to do sth more as an exception than the rule
金科玉律 jīn kē yù lǜ golden rule / key principle syn
正字法规则 正字法規則 zhèng zì fǎ guī zé orthographic rule
规则功利主义 規則功利主義 guī zé gōng lì zhǔ yì rule
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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