One-China principle, the official doctrine that Taiwan is a province of China
If one is industrious, one will not be in want. (idiom)
1. joy depresses one's qi vital breath2. an excess of joy may lead to sluggishness of vital energy (TCM)
1. fundamental doctrine2. guiding principle3. raison d'être
Rayleigh criterion (optics)
1. a maxim2. one's principles
1. a maxim2. one's principles
tough adversaries make you stronger
不规则三角形 不規則三角形 bù guī zé sān jiǎo xíng scalene triangle (math.)
不规则四边形 不規則四邊形 bù guī zé sì biān xíng 1. irregular quadrilateral2. trapezium
四项基本原则 四項基本原則 sì xiàng jī běn yuán zé the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 邓小平[dèng xiǎo píng] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism
既来之，则安之 既來之，則安之 jì lái zhī , zé ān zhī 1. Since they have come, we should make them comfortable (idiom). Since we're here, take it easy.2. Since this is so, we should accept it.3. Now we have come, let's stay and take the rough with the smooth.4. If you can't do anything to prevent it, you might as well sit back and enjoy it.+1 条 会计准则理事会 會計準則理事會 kuài jì zhǔn zé lǐ shì huì accounting standards council
和平共处五项原则 和平共處五項原則 hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé 1. Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence2. 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India
一则以喜，一则以忧 一則以喜，一則以憂 yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu happy on the one hand, but worried on the other
三人行，则必有我师 三人行，則必有我師 sān rén xíng , zé bì yǒu wǒ shī If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
兼听则明，偏信则暗 兼聽則明，偏信則暗 jiān tīng zé míng , piān xìn zé àn listen to both sides and you will be enlightened; heed only one side and you will remain ignorant (idiom)
成则为王，败则为寇 成則為王，敗則為寇 chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu 1. lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)2. fig. losers are always in the wrong
有则改之，无则加勉 有則改之，無則加勉 yǒu zé gǎi zhī , wú zé jiā miǎn correct any mistakes you made, but maintain your good record if you did not make them (idiom)
逆水行舟，不进则退 逆水行舟，不進則退 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
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 study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
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 To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒 水至清則無魚，人至察則無徒 shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú (saying) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends
L'Hôpital's rule (math.) (Tw)