[则 / 則, zé, ㄗㄜˊ](expresses contrast with a previous sentence or clause); standard; norm; rule; to imitate; to follow; then; principle#227[Add to Longdo]
[林则徐 / 林則徐, Lín Zé xú, ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄒㄩˊ]Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842#39679[Add to Longdo]
[欲速则不达 / 慾速則不達, yù sù zé bù dá, ㄩˋ ㄙㄨˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄚˊ]lit. to want sth in haste, but cannot get there (成语 saw, form the Confucian analects); more haste, less speed#58794[Add to Longdo]
[不平则鸣 / 不平則鳴, bù píng zé míng, ㄅㄨˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ]where there is injustice; there will be an outcry; man will cry out against injustice#143887[Add to Longdo]
[三人行,则必有我师 / 三人行,則必有我師, sān rén xíng, zé bì yǒu wǒ shī, ㄙㄢ ㄖㄣˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ, ㄗㄜˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄛˇ ㄕ]If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)[Add to Longdo]
[喜则气缓 / 喜則氣緩, xǐ zé qì huǎn, ㄒㄧˇ ㄗㄜˊ ㄑㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄢˇ]joy depresses one's qi vital breath; an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (traditional Chinese medicine)[Add to Longdo]
[学如逆水行舟,不进则退 / 學如逆水行舟,不進則退, xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu, bù jìn zé tuì, ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄋㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄡ, ㄅㄨˋ ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄗㄜˊ ㄊㄨㄟˋ]Study is like rowing upstream: no advance is to drop back[Add to Longdo]
[学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆 / 學而不思則罔,思而不學則殆, xué ér bù sī zé wǎng, sī ér bù xué zé dài, ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄙ ㄗㄜˊ ㄨㄤˇ, ㄙ ㄦˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄗㄜˊ ㄉㄞˋ]To learn without thinking is blindness; to think without learning is idleness (Confucius).; Learning without reasoning leads to confusion; thinking without learning is wasted effort.[Add to Longdo]
[既来之,则安之 / 既來之,則安之, jì lái zhī, zé ān zhī, ㄐㄧˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄓ, ㄗㄜˊ ㄢ ㄓ]Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (成语 saw). 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[Add to Longdo]