特
例

Special case in Chinese: 特例 (tè lì)

tè lì

special case

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1special case
  2. 2isolated example

Stroke order

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特
例

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ㄊㄜˋ

tè

ㄊ/ tㄜ/ eˋ/ fourth tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这件事是个特例，不能照着办。

    zhè jiàn shì shì gè tè lì， bù néng zhào zhe bàn。

    This matter is a special case and can't be handled the usual way.

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Related words

特

tè

special

特别

tè bié

unusual

例如

lì rú

for example

特点

tè diǎn

characteristic (feature)

比例

bǐ lì

proportion

独特

dú tè

unique

特殊

tè shū

special

特意

tè yì

specially

特征

tè zhēng

characteristic

例子

lì zi

case

特色

tè sè

characteristic

特价

tè jià

special price

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