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 大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority syn 大部分 大部份 dà bù fen the greater part / the majority / most / Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] 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 多数 多數 duō shù majority / most 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 绝大多数 絕大多數 jué dà duō shù the vast majority syn 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 绝大部分 絕大部份 jué dà bù fen overwhelming majority syn 大部 dà bù the greater part / the majority / most 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 十有八九 shí yǒu bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority syn 照例 zhào lì as a rule / as usual / usually syn 十之八九 shí zhī bā jiǔ most likely / mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10) / vast majority 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 居多 jū duō to be in the majority syn 人云亦云 rén yún yì yún to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd 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) 大股东 大股東 dà gǔ dōng large stockholder / majority shareholder 大多数人 大多數人 dà duō shù rén most people / the majority of people 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) 大部份 dà bù fen (in) large part / (the) greater part / the majority 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) 公决 公決 gōng jué public decision (by ballot) / majority decision / a joint decision / referendum 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 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 京族 jīng zú Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam 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 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 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 多数党 多數黨 duō shù dǎng majority party 多数决 多數決 duō shù jué majority decision 太半 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly 泰半 tài bàn more than half / a majority / most / mostly 绝对大多数 絕對大多數 jué duì dà duō shù absolute majority 简单多数 簡單多數 jiǎn dān duō shù plurality / simple majority 绝对多数 絕對多數 jué duì duō shù absolute majority 三分之二多数 三分之二多數 sān fēn zhī èr duō shù two-thirds majority 