The Constitution - Basic Rights 1

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The following articles of the Constitution enunciate certain rights guaranteed by the people of the ROC.

Article

第 5 條

中華民國各民族一律平等。

Article 5

There shall be equality among the various racial groups in the Republic of China.

第 7 條

中華民國人民，無分男女、宗教、種族、階級、黨派，在法律上一律平等。

Article    7

All citizens of the Republic of China, irrespective of sex, religion, race, class, or party affiliation, shall be equal before the law.

第 10 條

人民有居住及遷徙之自由。

Article   10

The people shall have freedom of residence and of change of residence.  

第 11 條

人民有言論、講學、著作及出版之自由。

Article 11 

The people shall have freedom of speech, teaching, writing and publication.

第 12 條

人民有秘密通訊之自由。

Article   12

The people shall have freedom of privacy of correspondence.

第 13 條

人民有信仰宗教之自由。

Article   13

The people shall have freedom of religious belief.

第 14 條

人民有集會及結社之自由。

Article   14

The people shall have freedom of assembly and association.

Vocabulary

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中華民國 [Zhōnghuámínguó]  /Republic of China/

各  [gè]  /each/every/

民族  [mínzú]  /nationality/ethnic group/

一律  [yīlü]  /(adj) same; uniform/(adj) all; without exception/

平等  [píngděng]  /equality/equal/

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人民  [rénmín]  /(the) people/

無  [wú]  /-less/not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-/

分  [fēn]  /to divide/minute/

男女  [nánnü]  /male-female/

宗教  [zōngjiào]  /religion/

種族  [zhǒngzú]  /race/ethnicity/

階級  [jiējí]  /(social) class/

黨派  [dǎngpài]  /partisan/political party related/

在  [zài]  /at/in/

法律上  [fǎlüshàng]  /legal/de jure/

10

有  [yǒu]  /to have/there is/there are/

居住  [jūzhù]  /reside/be a resident (of)/

及  [jí]  /and/

遷徙  [qiānxǐ]  /to migrate/to move/

之  [zhī]  /(literary equivalent of 的)/

自由  [zìyóu]  /freedom/free/liberty/

11

言論  [yánlùn]  /expression of (political) opinion/

講學  [jiǎngxué]  /teach/teaching/

著作  [zhùzuò]  /literary work/writings/to write/

出版  [chūbǎn]  /to publish/to come off the press/to put out/

之  [zhī]  /(literary equivalent of 的)/

12

秘密  [mìmì]  /secret/

通訊  [tōngxùn]  /communications/a news story (e.g. dispatched over the wire)/

13

信仰  [xìnyǎng]  /firm belief/conviction/

宗教  [zōngjiào]  /religion/

14

集會  [jíhuì]  /gather/assembly/meeting/

結社  [jiēshè]  /association/