chapter / section / clause / movement (of symphony) / seal / badge / regulation / order
章
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早
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立
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Mnemonic symbol: a section sign. James II of England (zh) wakes up with a jolt as his alarm clock (早) goes off in front of the anglepod (ang1). Panicked he tries to smash it with a big section sign (章), but instead he just smashes the invaluable vase (早) next to it.
(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items
则
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刂
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贝
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Mnemonic symbol: 武则天 (Wu Zetian), the only female emperor of China in more than four millennia. It makes sense because for sure she wrote many official statements, for which 则 is the classifier.
则
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刂
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贝
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Just inside the elevator's kitchen, Zorro found a crab. He already has a kitchen knife in his hand and wants to kill and eat the crab, but Wu Zetian quickly writes an official rule that forbids the eating of crabs, much to Zorro's disappointment.
(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