jì lǜ
discipline
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无政府状态 (wúzhèngfǔzhuàngtài)
anarchy
混乱 (hùnlùan)
chaos
The Chinese word 纪律 (jìlǜ) for "discipline" is composed of two characters: 纪 (jì) and 律 (lǜ). The character 纪 originally meant "to tie" or "to bind," and was later extended to mean "to record" or "to chronicle." The character 律 originally meant "a musical note" or "a pitch," and was later extended to mean "a law" or "a regulation." Thus, the compound word 纪律 literally means "to tie together the laws," and figuratively refers to the rules and regulations that govern a society or organization.
