则

則traditional

HSK 6#966 by frequencyradical 刂

zé["d","c","q","g"]

then; (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; classifier for written items; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow

Examples

水至清则无鱼。

Clear water breeds no fish.

这则报告在最近发布了。

The report has been recently published.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.