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Definitions

  1. 1. example
  2. 2. precedent
  3. 3. rule
  4. 4. case
  5. 5. instance

Example Sentences

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可以舉幾個 子嗎?
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 386022)

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Words Containing 例

规例
guī lì

regulations

实施例
shí shī lì

(patent) implementation

先例
xiān lì

antecedent

例假
lì jià

legal holiday

往例
wǎng lì

(usual) practice of the past

第一例
dì yī lì

first case

举例
jǔ lì

to give an example

惯例
guàn lì

convention

判例法
pàn lì fǎ

case law

案例法
àn lì fǎ

case law

定例
dìng lì

usual practice

违例
wéi lì

to break the rules

老例
lǎo lì

custom

案例
àn lì

case (law)

开例
kāi lì

to create a precedent

例语
lì yǔ

example sentence

例行公事
lì xíng gōng shì

routine business

旧例
jiù lì

example from the past

肯定并例句
kěn dìng bìng lì jù

active conjoined sentence

范例
fàn lì

example; model case

例证
lì zhèng

example

破例
pò lì

to make an exception

示例代码
shì lì dài mǎ

sample code (computing)

比例
bǐ lì

proportion

例会
lì huì

regular meeting

病例
bìng lì

(medical) case

前例
qián lì

precedent

凡例
fán lì

notes on the use of a book

图例
tú lì

legend (of a map, etc)

脚违例
jiǎo wéi lì

foot fault (tennis etc)

示例
shì lì

to illustrate

例外字
lì wài zì

exception(s)

正比例
zhèng bǐ lì

direct proportionality

成例
chéng lì

an established precedent

例子
lì zi

case

判例
pàn lì

judicial precedent

例如
lì rú

for example

反例
fǎn lì

counterexample

举例来说
jǔ lì lái shuō

for example

通例
tōng lì

general rule

例行
lì xíng

routine (task, procedure etc)

出席表决比例
chū xí biǎo jué bǐ lì

proportion of those present and voting

首例
shǒu lì

first case

体例
tǐ lì

style (of literature)

沿例
yán lì

following the model

例言
lì yán

introductory remarks

向例
xiàng lì

custom

条例
tiáo lì

regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes

史无前例
shǐ wú qián lì

unprecedented in history

例句
lì jù

example sentence

例外
lì wài

exception

例示
lì shì

to exemplify

特例
tè lì

special case

样例
yàng lì

sample; model; example

下不为例
xià bù wéi lì

not to be repeated

照例
zhào lì

as a rule

个例
gè lì

specific example

边角案例
biān jiǎo àn lì

(engineering) corner case

经典案例
jīng diǎn àn lì

case study

比例尺
bǐ lì chǐ

scale

实例
shí lì

actual example

例汤
lì tāng

soup of the day

事例
shì lì

example