原则

原則

yuánzé

noun HSK 4 #3,265

Meanings

HSK 1

做人要有原则。

Zuòrén yào yǒu yuánzé.

A person should have principles.

HSK 4

我原则上同意你的方案。

Wǒ yuánzéshang tóngyì nǐ de fāng'àn.

I agree with your plan in principle.

HSK 4

无论遇到什么，他都坚持自己的原则。

Wúlùn yùdào shénme, tā dōu jiānchí zìjǐ de yuánzé.

No matter what he runs into, he sticks to his principles.

usage

原则上 means 'in principle' - implies agreement with possible exceptions. 有原则 means someone is principled; 没有原则 means unprincipled.

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