照例 zhàolì as a rule
as a rule; as usual; usually
How to remember 照例: 照 shine + 例 examples = as a rule.
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How it is used
- As a rule / as one usually does - 他照例六点起床 (tā zhàolì liù diǎn qǐchuáng) as usual he got up at six.
- An adverb before the verb, stating that this follows the established pattern or convention.
- Very close to 照常 (zhàocháng); 照例 stresses 'by custom/rule', 照常 stresses 'same as normal, unchanged'.