制度zhìdù 1.要求大家共同遵守的办事规程或行动准则{system; institution; rules; regulations}: 工作～{work rules and regulations}|财政～。{fiscal regulations} 2.在一定历史条件下形成的政治、经济、文化等方面的体系{system; institution formed under certain historical conditions in the political, economic and cultural fields}: 社会主义～{socialist system}|封建宗法～。{patriarchal clan system of feudalism}