Chinese principle
I believe the answer is:
tao
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">chinese principle</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tao that I've seen before include "Element of Chinese philosophy" , "religious way" , "path of Chinese" , "true path" , "The way of Chinese philosophy" .)