原则

principle / doctrine / CL:個|个[ge4]

surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara

former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source

(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

principled

general principle

the Three Principles (in many contexts)

in principle / generally

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

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

unprincipled

a maxim / one's principles

a maxim / one's principles

One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China