Chinese edit

severe; exacting
 
example; precedent; rule
example; precedent; rule; case; instance
trad. (苛例)
simp. #(苛例)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

苛例

  1. (formal) harsh law
    排華苛例排华苛例  ―  páihuá kēlì  ―  anti-Chinese laws
    四三苛例 [Written Vernacular Chinese]  ―  sei3 saam1 ho1 lai6 [Jyutping]  ―  Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 ("Forty-Three harsh law", in reference to the number of regulations within)[1]

References edit

  1. ^ David Chuenyan Lai (2010) Chinese Community Leadership: Case Study of Victoria in Canada, page 145