1. noun a statute; a law; a regulation
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '律' 2; Kroll 2015 '律' 3; NCCED '律' 2; Unihan '律')
  2. verb to tune
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: A musical instrument (Kroll 2015 '律' 1; NCCED '律' 1)
  3. verb to restrain
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (NCCED '律' 2)
  4. noun pitch pipes
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '律' 1; Kroll 2015 '律' 2)
  5. noun a regulated verse of eight lines
    Domain: Literature 文学
    Notes: (GHC '律' 3; Kroll 2015 '律' 4)
  6. noun a requirement
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 要求 (GHC '律' 5)
  7. noun monastic discipline; vinaya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: vinaya, Pali: vinaya, Japanese: ritsu, Tibetan: 'dul ba; also used in Taoism (BCSD '律', p. 443; BL 'vinaya', p. 974; FGDB '律'; GHC '律' 4; Kroll 2015 '律' 5; Powers 2007, p. 55)

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