则

(conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / standard / norm / principle / to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items

(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

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

cowrie / shellfish / currency (archaic)

rules / regulations

principled

Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India

joy depresses one's qi vital breath / an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)

the four basic operations of arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division)

the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism

fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être

study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind

To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)

one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)

(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience

Pareto principle

lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong

Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong

Gerze county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Sger rtse rdzong

Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy. / Since this is so, we should accept it. / Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth. / If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.

Shigatse or Xigaze, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse, city and prefecture in central Tibet

Shigatse or Xigaze prefecture in central Tibet, Tibetan: Gzhis ka rtse sa khul, Chinese Rikaze

quasi-regular

in principle / generally