Phono-semantic compound:
人 (사람 인, “person”) — semantic, indicating human practice or arrangement.
列 (벌일 렬, “to arrange, line up”) — phonetic, giving the sound and hinting at order.
Originally signified “things lined up or arranged in order by people,” hence “rule, regulation,” later extended to “case, example.”

條例 (조례) — regulation, ordinance
事例 (사례) — instance, case
例示 (예시) — to illustrate by example
慣例 (관례) — custom, established practice
例外 (예외) — exception

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Vocabulary

status, place, position

low, to be low, lower than

to live, to reside, to dwell

how, what, which

Buddha, Buddhism

to make, to build, to create, composition

to cause, to order, to use, to employ

to come, to arrive, future, afterward

law, rule, regulation, example, instance, precedent, model

to serve, to attend

to rely on, to depend on, to lean on

convenient, comfortable, excrement

to tie, to be tied, to connect, to relate

to urge, hasten

custom, common, vulgar

to protect, preserve, keep

to trust, to believe, to be true

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例

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