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则

zé · ze

Traditional 則

HSK 7–9Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
  2. (bound form) standard; norm
  3. (bound form) principle
  4. (literary) to imitate; to follow
  5. classifier for written items
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2 examples
01

土(tǔ)豆(dòu)在(zài)法(fǎ)国(guó)是(shì)蔬(shū)菜(cài)，在(zài)荷(hé)兰(lán)则(zé)不(bú)是(shì)。

In France, potatoes are vegetables, while in the Netherlands, they are not.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sadhen · English by FishlandicFishy · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)平(píng)时(shí)话(huà)很(hěn)少(shǎo)，一(yì)喝(hē)酒(jiǔ)则(zé)说(shuō)个(gè)不(bù)停(tíng)。

He usually says very little, but once he drinks, he talks nonstop.

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