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zé ㄗㄜˊ (1): 準則，法則。 Method, rule.
| 《·》: | 伐柯伐柯、其則不遠。 | | In hewing an axe-handle, in hewing an axe-handle, The pattern is not far off. |
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (2): 效法。 Mimic, emulate.
| 《·》: | 唯天為大，唯堯則之。 | | It is only Heaven that is grand, and only Yao corresponded to it. | | 《·》: | 皋陶於是敬禹之德，令民皆則禹 | | Gaoyao therefore, respecting Yu's virtues, bade the people carry out as a rule his plan of preferring admonition, but also made use of punishments. |
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (3): 等級。 Level, grade.
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (4.1): 副詞：用於加強判斷，相當於「乃」、「即」。 Adverb used to emphasize an assertion.
| 《·》: | 王曰：「此則寡人之罪也。」 | | Who said, 'In this matter, I am the guilty one.' | | 《·》: | 其南則大夏，西則安息，北則康居。 | | 《·》: | 句踐說于國人曰面議寡人不知其力之不足也，而又與大國執讎，以暴露百姓之骨于中原，此則寡人之罪也，寡人請更。 |
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (4.2): 副詞：表示範圍，相當於「僅」、「只」。 Adverb used to express scope: only.
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (5.1): 連詞：表示承接關係，相當於「就」、「便」、「那麽」。 Connective expressing continuation: then, and then.
| 《·》: | 子曰：「君子不重則不威，學則不固。」 | | The Master said, "If the scholar be not grave, he will not call forth any veneration, and his learning will not be solid." | | 《·》: | 對曰：『然則廢釁鐘與？』 | | The man answered, Shall we then omit the consecration of the bell ? | | 《·》: | 且夫水之積也不厚，則負大舟也無力。 | | And moreover, (to speak of) the accumulation of water; if it be not great, it will not have strength to support a large boat. | | 《·》: | 曰：「然則蓋行乎？」 | | 'Then,' continued the other, 'Why not go away?' | | 《·》: | 利：得是而喜，則是利也。 | | 《·》: | 然則是一舉而霸王之名可成也，四鄰諸侯可朝也。 |
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (5.2): 連詞：常「則...則」使用，有加強對比的作用。 Connective emphasizing comparison.
| 《·》: | 子謂顏淵曰：「用之則行，舍之則藏，唯我與爾有是夫！」 | | The Master said to Yan Yuan, "When called to office, to undertake its duties; when not so called, to lie retired - it is only I and you who have attained to this." | | 《》: | 用之則行，捨之則藏，唯我與爾有是夫！ | | 《·》: | 聖王之子也，有天下之後也，埶籍之所在也，天下之宗室也，然而不材不中，內則百姓疾之，外則諸侯叛之，近者境內不一，遙者諸侯不聽，令不行於境內，甚者諸侯侵削之，攻伐之。 |
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (5.3): 連詞：表示轉折關係，相當於「然而」、「反倒」。 Connective expressing contrast.
| 《·》: | 躬行君子，則吾未之有得。 | | But the character of the superior man, carrying out in his conduct what he professes, is what I have not yet attained to. | | 《·》: | 竭力以事大國，則不得免焉。 | | Though I do my utmost to serve those large kingdoms on either side of it, we cannot escape suffering from them. |
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (5.4): 連詞：表示讓步關係，相當於「倒是」。 Connective expressing allowance: yet, even so.
| 《·》: | 子墨子曰：「難則難矣，然而未仁也。」 | | Mozi said: What he did was indeed difficult, but hardly magnanimous. | | 《·》: | 舜曰：「美則美矣，而未大也。」 | | Shun rejoined, 'Admirable, as far as it goes; but it is not what is Great.' | | 《·》: | 對曰：「美則美矣，抑臣亦有懼也。」 | | 《·》: | 對曰：「美則美矣。」 |
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (5.5): 連詞：表示出乎意外，發現了新的情況，相當於「竟」、「卻」。 Connective expressing unexpected turn of events.
| 《·》: | 至則行矣。 | | But when he got to the place, the old man was gone. | | 《》: | 公使陽處父追之，及諸河，則在舟中矣。 |
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zé ㄗㄜˊ (5.6): 連詞：表示假設，相當於「假設」。 Connective expressing suppostion: if.
| 《·》: | 今則來，沛公恐不得有此。 | | 《》: | 公子則往，群臣之子，敢不皆負羈絏以從？ |
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