则

• 병음: zé
• 한자 분석: 则 = 贝 (shell/treasure) + 刂 (knife radical) — carving principles

뜻

그러면; ~이면 ~하다; 규칙

Highly versatile classical Chinese word still common in formal modern Chinese. Used in correlative constructions like 如果...则... (if...then...), 否则 (otherwise), and 原则 (principle). Also serves as a measure word for news items or jokes.

예문

1. 如果天气好，则我们按原计划出发；否则，活动改期举行。
2. 既知其不可为，则当另寻他路，不必强行。
3. 古人云，穷则独善其身，达则兼济天下。

사용 가이드

맥락: writing, classical texts, formal speech

어조: formal

올바른 표현

• 学如逆水行舟，不进则退，必须持续努力。(Learning is like rowing upstream — if you don't advance, you fall back; you must keep working hard.)
• 欲速则不达，做事要循序渐进才能成功。(Haste makes waste — one must proceed step by step to succeed.)

피해야 할 표현

• 则我去 — in colloquial speech, use 那我就去 instead; 则 is literary

기원과 역사

则 originally depicted a knife (刂) carving rules on bamboo strips (贝)

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal