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Principle in Chinese: 原则 (yuán zé)

yuán zé

principle

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 原則2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1principle
  2. 2doctrine

Stroke order

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原
则

Zhuyin

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ㄩㄢˊ

yuán

ㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄗㄜˊ

zé

ㄗ/ zㄜ/ eˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

原则

Simplified

原則

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我会捍卫我的原则。

    wǒ huì hàn wèi wǒ de yuán zé。

    I'll stick to my principles.

  • 他严格按照原则办事。

    tā yán gé àn zhào yuán zé bàn shì。

    He is a stickler for principles.

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Related words

则

zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but

原

yuán

former

否则

fǒu zé

otherwise

原来

yuán lái

original

原谅

yuán liàng

to excuse

原因

yuán yīn

cause

规则

guī zé

rule

原料

yuán liào

raw material

草原

cǎo yuán

grassland

高原

gāo yuán

plateau

平原

píng yuán

field

原理

yuán lǐ

principle

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