day 111contracts and rules

contracts and rules

Read a contract clause by clause, say what each side may and may not do, and build long sentences with several parallel parts.

today’s words

• 契约 qìyuē · contract, deed (formal)
• 订立 dìnglì · to conclude, draw up (a contract)
• 条款 tiáokuǎn · clause, article (of a contract)
• 条例 tiáolì · regulations, ordinance
• 规章 guīzhāng · rules and regulations
• 章程 zhāngchéng · charter, articles (of a group)
• 须知 xūzhī · notes for users, what you need to know
• 公证 gōngzhèng · to notarize
• 生效 shēngxiào · to take effect
• 现行 xiànxíng · current, in force
• 解约 jiěyuē · to cancel a contract
• 违约 wéiyuē · to break a contract
• 违章 wéizhāng · to break the rules (esp. traffic)
• 违背 wéibèi · to go against, violate
• 吊销 diàoxiāo · to revoke (a licence)
• 解除 jiěchú · to terminate, remove
• 容许 róngxǔ · to allow, tolerate
• 准许 zhǔnxǔ · to permit (officially)
• 依法 yīfǎ · according to the law
• 遵循 zūnxún · to follow (a principle, a rule)
• 遵照 zūnzhào · to act in accordance with
• 法则 fǎzé · law, rule (of nature)
• 法制 fǎzhì · legal system
• 法治 fǎzhì · the rule of law; to govern by law
• 立法 lìfǎ · to legislate, make laws
• 宪法 xiànfǎ · constitution
• 刑法 xíngfǎ · criminal law
• 刑事 xíngshì · criminal (as opposed to civil)
• 民事 mínshì · civil (law)
• 法人 fǎrén · legal person (a company etc.)
• 享有 xiǎngyǒu · to enjoy (rights, a reputation)
• 行使 xíngshǐ · to exercise (a right, power)
• 权益 quányì · rights and interests
• 人权 rénquán · human rights
• 人身 rénshēn · (one’s) person, personal

sentences

• 签合同以前，每一条条款都要看清楚。 · Before you sign a contract, read every clause carefully.
• 这份合同公证以后，下个月一号起生效。 · Once it is notarized, this contract takes effect on the 1st of next month.
• 房东违约，就要依法赔偿，这没什么好争辩的。 · If the landlord breaks the contract, he must pay compensation as the law requires: there’s nothing to argue about.
• 双方可以商量着解除合同，不必争执。 · The two sides can agree together to end the contract: there’s no need to quarrel.
• 租户既享有权利，又要遵守规定。 · Tenants have rights, and they also have to keep to the rules.