听 聽 tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow syn 格 gé 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 规则 規則 guī zé rule / regulation / regular / orderly / fixed 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 治 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 排除 pái chú to eliminate / to remove / to exclude / to rule out syn 统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime syn 程 chéng rule / order / regulations / formula / journey / procedure / sequence syn 天下 tiān xià land under heaven / the whole world / the whole of China / realm / rule syn 法则 法則 fǎ zé law / rule / code syn 规律 規律 guī lǜ rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline syn 主宰 zhǔ zǎi to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master syn 法式 fǎ shì rule / method / model 规 規 guī compass / a rule / regulation / to admonish / to plan / to scheme syn 规范 規範 guī fàn norm / standard / specification / regulation / rule / within the rules / to fix rules / to regulate / to specify syn 规章 規章 guī zhāng rule / regulation syn 暴政 bào zhèng tyranny / despotic rule 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 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 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 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 违纪 違紀 wéi jì lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle syn 卷尺 juǎn chǐ tape measure / tape rule / CL:把[ba3] 订立 訂立 dìng lì to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc) syn 破格 pò gé to break the rule / to make an exception syn 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law 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 光复 光復 guāng fù to recover (territory or power) / the liberation of Taiwan from Japanese rule in 1945 syn 标尺 標尺 biāo chǐ surveyor's rod / staff / staff gauge / rear sight 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 通则 通則 tōng zé general rule / general principle 德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal) 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) 依法治国 依法治國 yī fǎ zhì guó to rule according to the law 北伐 běi fá the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords 人治 rén zhì rule of man 不成文 bù chéng wén unwritten (rule) 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 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) 宰 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 例 lì example / precedent / rule / case / instance syn 训 訓 xùn to teach / to train / to admonish / (bound form) instruction (from superiors) / teachings / rule syn 霸 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master syn 矩 jǔ carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve syn 金科玉律 jīn kē yù lǜ golden rule / key principle syn 彝 彞 yí (archaic) wine vessel / (archaic) sacrificial vessel / (literary) rule / convention 通例 tōng lì general rule / standard practice 榘 jǔ variant of 矩, carpenter's square / rule / regulation / pattern / to carve 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 臬 niè guidepost / rule / standard / limit / target (old) syn 觚 gū goblet / rule / law syn 人员 人員 rén yuán staff / crew / personnel / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 员工 員工 yuán gōng staff / personnel / employee syn 职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker / staff member / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 人手 rén shǒu manpower / staff / human hand syn 人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses / troops / group of people / troop / staff / centaur syn 裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff / to lay off employees syn 调度 調度 diào dù to dispatch (vehicles, staff etc) / to schedule / to manage / dispatcher / scheduler 参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 职工 職工 zhí gōng employee / staff member / worker syn 参谋 參謀 cān móu staff officer / to give advice syn 全员 全員 quán yuán all personnel / the whole staff syn 法宝 法寶 fǎ bǎo Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand syn 棍棒 gùn bàng club / staff / stick syn 用人 yòng rén servant / to employ sb for a job / to manage people / to be in need of staff 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 总参谋长 總參謀長 zǒng cān móu zhǎng (military) Chief of Staff 教职员 教職員 jiào zhí yuán teaching and administrative staff 招兵买马 招兵買馬 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ lit. to recruit soldiers and buy horses (idiom) / fig. to raise an army / to recruit new staff syn 总参谋部 總參謀部 zǒng cān móu bù (military) General Staff Headquarters 年轻化 年輕化 nián qīng huà to make more youthful / to promote younger staff 冗员 冗員 rǒng yuán excess personnel / superfluous staff 教职工 教職工 jiào zhí gōng teaching and administrative staff syn 五线谱 五線譜 wǔ xiàn pǔ (music) staff / stave 工作人员 工作人員 gōng zuò rén yuán staff member 技术人员 技術人員 jì shù rén yuán technical staff 导购 導購 dǎo gòu shopper's guide / shop assistant / sales staff 科技人员 科技人員 kē jì rén yuán scientific and technical staff 政纪 政紀 zhèng jì rules for political staff / political discipline 禅杖 禪杖 chán zhàng the staff of a Buddhist monk 副参谋长 deputy chief of staff 半旗 bàn qí half-mast / half-staff 裁 cái to cut out (as a dress) / to cut / to trim / to reduce / to diminish / to cut back (e.g. on staff) / decision / judgment syn 杖 zhàng a staff / a rod / cane / walking stick / to flog with a stick (old) syn 在编 在編 zài biān to be on the regular payroll / to be on the permanent staff 教职员工 教職員工 jiào zhí yuán gōng teaching and administrative staff 条规 條規 tiáo guī rule syn 计算尺 計算尺 jì suàn chǐ slide rule syn 统御 統御 tǒng yù (literary) to have control over / to rule syn 下半旗 xià bàn qí half mast / half staff 筇 qióng (in ancient texts) type of bamboo sometimes used as a staff syn 