TSUMUGU · TOCFL 5 (est.) · 詞
原則
ㄩㄢˊ ㄗㄜˊ · yuánzé
noun — principle; rule; standard one operates by
字源 FORM — what the parts do
原source, origin (原來的原)yuán厂 (cliff overhang) + 泉 (spring) — water rising from the cliff face; the original source-point
則rule, standard; then (規則的則)zé貝 (shell/value) + 刀 (knife) — a knife cutting a precise mark into something of value; the standard that cuts true
原則，原來的原，規則的則。
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
泉（原：厂+泉）從崖底冒出，是起點；刀（則：貝+刀）照準刻下，是標準——原則就是「在源頭刻下的那條線」。
A spring (泉 in 原) rising from the cliff face — the source; a knife (刀 in 則) cutting a measured mark into something of value (貝) — the standard. A principle is the line cut at the very source.
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