总 则

zǒng zédictionary entry

general rules / general principles / general provisions

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Original source entry:

總則总则 [zong3 ze2] /general rules; general principles; general provisions/

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Other forms in these source records: 總則

总
zǒng
(bound form) general / overall / to sum up / in every case / always / invariably / anyway / after all / eventually / sooner or later / surely / (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zǒng jīng lǐ] or 總編|总编[zǒng biān] etc
则
zé
(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

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