暂行规定

暫行規定
zànxíng guīdìng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 provisional regulations
  2. 2 interim provisions
  3. 3 temporary rules

Examples

Guówùyuàn fābù le guānyú gèrén suǒdéshuì de zànxíng guīdìng.
The State Council issued provisional regulations on individual income tax.
Zhèxiàng zànxíng guīdìng zì míngnián yīyuè qǐ shīxíng.
These provisional regulations take effect from January next year.

Tips

usage
暂行 marks legislation as provisional — meant to be tested and later formalized. In practice many 暂行规定 persist for decades (the original individual income tax 暂行条例 lasted 1980–2018). A common Chinese joke: nothing is more permanent than a 暂行规定.

Stroke Order

zàn
xíng
guī
dìng