1 strip

2 item

3 article

4 clause (of law or treaty)

5 classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)

1 condition

2 circumstances

3 term

4 factor

5 requirement

6 prerequisite

7 qualification

8 classifier: 个 gè

1 rule

2 regulation

3 rules and regulations

1 irregular

1 creed

2 article of faith

1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)

2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse

3 people who will sink or swim together

1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)

2 fig. to stick to one's ways

3 to cling to one's course

1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy

1 hidebound by convention (idiom)