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原则

yuán zé

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 原則 Measure word 个

原则 (yuán zé) means "principle". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 原则 means

1. principle
2. doctrine

The characters in 原则

• 原yuánformer; original; primary
• 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…

Example sentences

• 汤姆做事没有原则。
  Tom has no principles.
• 我会捍卫我的原则。
  I'll stick to my principles.
• 他严格按照原则办事。
  Tā yángé ànzhào yuánzé bànshì.
  He is a stickler for principles.
• 他不会违背他的原则。
  He couldn't go against his principles.
• 那违背了我做人的原则。
  Nà wéibèi le wǒ zuòrén de yuánzé.
  That runs against my principles.
• 他为了钱抛弃自己的原则。
  Tā wèile qián pāoqì zìjǐ de yuánzé.
  He sold his principles for money.

Words starting with 原则

• 原则上yuán zé shangin principle; generally
• 原则性yuán zé xìngprincipled

Words containing 原则

• 四项基本原则Sì xiàng Jī běn Yuán zéthe Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平
• 无原则wú yuán zéunprincipled
• 基本原则jī běn yuán zéfundamental doctrine; guiding principle; raison d'être
• 处世原则chǔ shì yuán zéa maxim; one's principles
• 处事原则chǔ shì yuán zéa maxim; one's principles
• 一中原则yī zhōng yuán zéOne-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
• 一般原则yī bān yuán zégeneral principle
• 和平共处五项原则hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zéZhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence…

Where 原则 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Greatness, Principles & Courage (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yuán zé correctly.
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