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 总部 總部 zǒng bù general headquarters 警察局 jǐng chá jú police station / police department / police headquarters 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 指挥部 指揮部 zhǐ huī bù headquarters / command post 外勤 wài qín work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters) / fieldwork / field personnel / fieldworker 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 司令部 sī lìng bù headquarters / military command center 本部 běn bù headquarters / head office syn 大本营 大本營 dà běn yíng headquarters / base camp 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 总参谋部 總參謀部 zǒng cān móu bù (military) General Staff Headquarters 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) 中南海 zhōng nán hǎi Zhongnanhai, palace adjacent to the Forbidden City, now the central headquarters of the Communist Party and the State Council 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]) 联合国总部 lián hé guó zǒng bù United Nations Headquarters / Headquarters 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 总管理处 總管理處 zǒng guǎn lǐ chù headquarters / main administrative office 臬 niè guidepost / rule / standard / limit / target (old) syn 觚 gū goblet / rule / law syn 师部 shī bù divisional headquarters 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 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 六周规定 六周規定 liù zhōu guī dìng six-week documentation rule / six-week rule / 6-week rule 南区总部 南區總部 nán qū zǒng bù southern sector headquarters / southern headquarters 北区总部 北區總部 běi qū zǒng bù northern sector headquarters / northern headquarters 总部合同委员会和财产调查委员会秘书处 總部合同委員會和財產調查委員會秘書處 secretariat of the Headquarters Committee on Contracts and the Headquarters Property Survey Board 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 队部 隊部 duì bù office / headquarters 奴儿干都司 奴兒干都司 nú ér gān dū sī the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area 抗震救灾指挥部 抗震救災指揮部 kàng zhèn jiù zāi zhǐ huī bù State Council Earthquake Relief Headquarters 牙城 yá chéng citadel / military headquarters 总司令部 總司令部 zǒng sī lìng bù general headquarters 总指挥部 總指揮部 zǒng zhǐ huī bù general headquarters 总部维持和平审计科 Headquarters Peacekeeping Audit Section 战地指挥部 field headquarters 