| 则 |
zé yǐ | (literary) used in expressions of the form 不 + (verb) + 则已 ... "either don't (verb) at all, or if you do, ..." |
| 则 |
zé | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then / (bound form) standard; norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate; to follow / classifier for written items |
| 已 |
yǐ | already / (bound form) to stop; to cease; to end / (literary) thereafter; afterward / (literary) too; excessively |