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 lǐ lùn theory / CL:個|个[ge4] / to argue / to take notice of
 yuán lǐ principle / theory
 xué shuō theory / doctrine
 lǐ niàn idea / concept / philosophy / theory
 shuō fa way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation
 lùn opinion / view / theory / doctrine / to discuss / to talk about / to regard / to consider / per / by the (kilometer, hour etc)
 lǐ lùn shàng in theory / theoretically
 Dèng Xiǎo píng Lǐ lùn Deng Xiaoping Theory / Dengism / the foundation of PRC economic development after the Cultural Revolution, building the capitalist economy within Chinese Communist Party control
 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles
 zhé lǐ philosophic theory / philosophy
 jī běn lǐ lùn basic theory
 dìng lǐ established theory / theorem (math.)
 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
 xiāng duì lùn theory of relativity
 jìn huà lùn Darwin's theory of evolution
 rèn shi lùn epistemology (in philosophy, the theory of how we know things)
 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
 lòu dòng bǎi chū (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
 lì shǐ wéi wù zhǔ yì historical materialism (Marx's theory of history)
 yuè lǐ music theory
 fù zá dù complexity theory
 shù lùn number theory (math.)
 bó yì lùn game theory
 zī chǎn jiē jí gé mìng bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
 chéng shuō accepted theory or formulation
 kòng zhì lùn control theory (math.) / cybernetics
 zhù shū lì shuō to write a book advancing one's theory (idiom)
广 guǎng yì xiāng duì lùn general relativity / Einstein's theory of gravity
 tú lún graph theory (math.)
 xìn xī lùn information theory
 bó dǎo to refute / to demolish (an argument, theory etc)
 chǎng lùn field theory (physics)
 xìng shàn the theory of Mencius that people are by nature good
 yīn móu lùn conspiracy theory
 zhuàn rè xué theory of heat / heat transmission (physics)
 Dào ěr dùn Dalton (name) / John Dalton (1766-1844), British scientist who contributed to atomic theory
 liàng zǐ lùn quantum theory (physics)
 jí hé lùn set theory (math.)
 rì xīn shuō heliocentric theory / the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe
 tiān yǎn lùn the theory of evolution (early translation, since replaced by 進化論|进化论)
 yuán zǐ lùn atomic theory
 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain
 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out.
 zuò ér lùn dào to sit and pontificate / to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)
 pò zhàn bǎi chū (of an argument, theory etc) full of flaws (idiom)
 zì yuán qí shuō to make a story or theory consistent / to give a plausible explanation / to plug the holes in one's story
 Wéi gé nà Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift / also written 魏格納|魏格纳
 liàng zǐ chǎng lùn quantum field theory
 Bā kū níng zhǔ yì Bakuninism, a 19th century socialist theory
 chāo xián lǐ lùn (super-) string theory
 fù biàn hán shù lùn (math.) theory of functions of a complex variable
 jiàn gòu zhèng yì lǐ lùn constructivist theory
 jié gòu lǐ lùn structural theory (physics)
 mó kuài huà lǐ lùn modularity theory
 qún lùn group theory (math.)
 shí biàn hán shù lùn (math.) theory of functions of a real variable
 tū biàn lǐ lùn (math.) catastrophe theory
 wěn tài lǐ lùn the steady-state theory (cosmology)
 zuì dī xiàn dù lǐ lùn minimalist theory
 zuò yòng lǐ lùn interactive theory
 dū huì chuán qí urban legend (translation of recent Western term) / story or theory circulated as true / same as 都市傳奇|都市传奇
 rán sù shuō phlogiston theory
 qī qíng seven emotional states / seven affects of traditional Chinese medical theory and therapy, namely: joy 喜[xi3], anger 怒[nu4], anxiety 憂|忧[you1], thought 思[si1], grief 悲[bei1], fear 恐[kong3], fright 驚|惊[jing1] / seven relations
 sān shí liù zì mǔ thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
 dài shù hán shù lùn algebraic function theory (math.)
 Jiā luó wǎ lǐ lùn Galois theory (math.)
 Jiā luó huà lǐ lùn Galois theory (math.) / also written 伽羅瓦理論|伽罗瓦理论
 fēn chà lǐ lùn bifurcation theory
 fēn lèi lǐ lùn classification theory
 fǎn yìng lùn theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical reality
 Gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
 dān yuán lùn theory of single origin (of mankind)
 dì xīn shuō geocentric theory
 Aī ěr lǎng gēn gāng lǐng Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory
 duī lěi shù lùn additive number theory (math.)
 tiān rén hé yī oneness of heaven and humanity / the theory that man is an integral part of nature
 dìng xìng lǐ lùn qualitative theory
 shí jiàn shì jiǎn yàn zhēn lǐ de wéi yī biāo zhǔn Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)
 Kāng tuō ěr Cantor (name) / Georg Cantor (1845-1918), German mathematician, founder of set theory 集合論|集合论[ji2 he2 lun4]
 xián lǐ lùn string theory (physics)
 xián lùn string theory (in theoretical physics)
 wēi rǎo lùn perturbation theory
 Pǔ lǔ dōng zhǔ yì Proudhonism, 19th century socialist theory
线 qū xiàn lùn the theory of curves
 qū miàn lùn the theory of surfaces
 gài xíng lǐ lùn scheme theory (math.)
 fàn shén lùn pantheism, theological theory equating God with the Universe
 fàn zì rán shén lùn pandeism, theological theory that God created the Universe and became one with it
 hǎi dǐ kuò zhāng shuō theory of seafloor spreading (geology)
 hùn dùn xué chaos theory (math.)
 hún tiān shuō geocentric theory in ancient Chinese astronomy
 zāi biàn lùn catastrophism / the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood
 wù zhì wén míng hé jīng shén wén míng material and spiritual culture / matter and mind / material progress, ideology and culture (philosophic slogan, adopted into Deng Xiaoping theory from 1978)
 xuán lǐ profound theory / philosophical theory of Wei and Jin 玄學|玄学 / sect
 lǐ shén lùn deism, theological theory of God who does not interfere in the Universe
 Lú yīn Lewin (name) / Kurt Lewin (1890-1944), German-American psychologist of the Gestalt school known for his field theory of behavior
 fàn chóu lùn category theory (math.)
 jīng diǎn chǎng lùn classical field theory (physics)
 mài lún xué shuō theory of Chakra in Indian yoga and Tibetan Buddhism
 mài lún lǐ lùn theory of Chakra in Indian yoga and Tibetan Buddhism
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