Haste makes waste.
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则
Traditional: 則
zé
HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5
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zé · zak1 (Jyutping)
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
- (bound form) standard; norm
- (bound form) principle
- (literary) to imitate; to follow
- classifier for written items
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Character breakdown
则
- Meaning
- rule, law, regulation; grades
- Radical
- 刂
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- ⿰贝刂
- Cangjie
- BOLN
- Four-corner
- 7280
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Example sentences
Forewarned is forearmed.
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