常规 chángguī code of conduct
code of conduct; conventions; common practice; routine (medical procedure etc)
How to remember 常规: 常 often + 规 rules = code of conduct.
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How it is used
- Routine / standard practice - the conventional way: 常规检查 (chángguī jiǎnchá) a routine check-up, 打破常规 (dǎpò chángguī) to break with convention.
- Attributive 'standard/conventional' or noun 'the norms/routine.'
- Medical, military, and procedural contexts; contrast 特殊/非常规 (special/unconventional).