這條規則不是甚麼時候都適用的。

This rule doesn't apply to every case.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 zhè
  1. (pronoun) this; these
  2. (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun)
  3. (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. zhèi, esp. in Beijing)
=1 zhèi (coll.) this
2 條規 tiáoguī rule
3
  1. (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
  2. (bound form) standard; norm
  3. (bound form) principle
  4. (literary) to imitate; to follow
  5. classifier for written items
=4 不是 shì
  1. no
  2. is not
  3. not
=4 不是 shi fault; blame
=5 shén variant of shén
=5 shèn
  1. excessive; undue
  2. to exceed; to be more than
  3. very; extremely
  4. (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. shén)
=6 exclamatory final particle
=6 ma interrogative final particle
=6 me suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼 shénme, what?, indefinite 這麼 zhème thus, etc
=6
  1. tiny
  2. insignificant
7 時候 shíhou
  1. time
  2. length of time
  3. moment
  4. period
=8 surname Du
=8 dōu
  1. all; both; entirely
  2. (used for emphasis) even
  3. already
  4. (not) at all
=8
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis
9 適用 shìyòng to be applicable
=10 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 de "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. or di in poetry and songs
=10 a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 shì)
=10 really and truly
=10 (bound form) bull's-eye; target