有些情況之下，這條規則不能成立。

There are some cases where the rule does not hold good.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 有些 yǒuxiē
  1. some
  2. somewhat
2 情況 qíngkuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation

classifiers: 個, 種
3 之下 zhīxià
  1. under
  2. beneath
  3. less than
=4 這 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)
=4 這 zhèi (coll.) this
5 條規 tiáoguī rule
6 則 zé
  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
7 不能 bùnéng
  1. cannot
  2. must not
  3. should not
8 成立 chénglì
  1. to establish
  2. to set up
  3. to be tenable
  4. to hold water