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Jyutping jyun4 zak1 soeng6
Pinyin yuán zé shàng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    in principle

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Jyutping jyun4 zak1 soeng6
Pinyin yuán zé shang

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. in principle
  2. generally
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    in principle
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    每个人都将在原则上同意那个想法。
    每個人都將在原則上同意那個想法。
    měi ge rén dōu jiāng zài yuán zé shang tóng yì nà ge xiǎng fǎ 。
    • Everyone will accept that idea in principle.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    明知不对,也不同他们作原则上的争论,任其下去,求得和平和亲热。或者轻描淡写地说一顿,不作彻底解决,保持一团和气。
    明知不對,也不同他們作原則上的爭論,任其下去,求得和平和親熱。或者輕描淡寫地説一頓,不作徹底解決,保持一團和氣。
    míng zhī bù duì , yě bù tóng tā men zuò yuán zé shàng de zhēng lùn , rèn qí xià qù , qiú dé hé píng hé qīn rè . huò zhě qīng miáo dàn xiě de shuō yī dùn , bù zuò chè dǐ jiě jué , bǎo chí yī tuán hé qì .
    • To let things slide for the sake of peace and friendship when a person has clearly gone wrong, and refrain from principled argument. Or to touch on the matter lightly instead of going into it thoroughly, so as to keep on good terms.
  2. Mandarin
    石大律师强调,就第一答辩人的社会服务令报告可见他是个品格良好而有志争取公义的17岁少年,因此不判处他阻吓性刑罚有原则上及情理上的基础。
    石大律師強調,就第一答辯人的社會服務令報告可見他是個品格良好而有志爭取公義的17歲少年,因此不判處他阻嚇性刑罰有原則上及情理上的基礎。
    shí dà lǜ shī qiáng diào , jiù dì yī dá biàn rén de shè huì fú wù lìng bào gào kě jiàn tā shì ge pǐn gé liáng hǎo ér yǒu zhì zhēng qǔ gōng yì de 17 suì shào nián , yīn cǐ bù pàn chù tā zǔ xià xìng xíng fá yǒu yuán zé shàng jí qíng lǐ shàng de jī chǔ .
    • Mr Shek stressed that it can be seen from the 1st respondent’s Community Service Order Suitability Report that the 1st respondent was a 17-year-old young man of good character who was eager to fight for justice. Therefore, the decision not to impose a deterrent sentence on him was a principled one supported by good reason.