"Law" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 fǎ lu:4 law / CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4]
 fǎ xué law / legal studies
 fǎ zé law / rule / code
 zhèng fǎ to execute / the law
 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law
 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion
 fǎ dù (a) law
 lu:4 law
 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law
 Jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld
 wéi fǎ illegal / to break the law
 fǎ yuàn court of law / court
 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement
 guī lu:4 rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline
 zhì ān law and order / public security
 fǎ tíng court of law
 lu:4 shī shì wù suǒ law firm
 dé zuì to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪[de2 zui5]
 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law
 shǒu fǎ to abide by the law
 zhèng fǎ political law / politics and law
 xíng fǎ criminal law
 dìng lu:4 scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")
 zhí fǎ rén yuán law enforcer
 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law
 àn zi long table / counter / case / law case / legal case / judicial case
 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect)
 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
 shuì fǎ tax code / tax law
 gōng sī fǎ corporations law
 sù sòng fǎ procedural law
 fǎ àn bill / proposed law
 mín fǎ civil law
 fǎ xué yuàn law school
 hé tong fǎ contract law
 shī fǎ to implement the law / to perform sorcery
 fǎ wǎng the net of justice / rigorous process of the law / the long arm of the law
 tiān lǐ Heaven's law / the natural order of things
 fàn fǎ to break the law
 guó jì fǎ international law
 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course
 hūn yīn fǎ marriage law
 jī běn fǎ basic law (constitutional document)
 táo fàn escaped criminal / fugitive from the law
 yī fǎ zhì guó to rule according to the law
 Zhōng guó Zhèng fǎ Dà xué China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[Chang1 ping2], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海澱區|海淀区[Hai3 dian4 qu1]
 guó fǎ national law
 xíng zhèng fǎ administrative law
 wú fǎ wú tiān regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom) / maverick / undisciplined and out of control
 gōng wù yuán fǎ Civil Service Law
 zhuān lì fǎ patent law
 dǐng fēng to face into the wind / against the wind / fig. against the law
 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court)
 zǔ zhī fǎ organic law
 jiè yán to impose martial law / to impose emergency measures
 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously
 jūn fǎ martial law
 xiū fǎ to amend a law
 wéi fǎ luàn jì to break the law and violate the rules (idiom) / misconduct
 fǎ jì law and order / rules and discipline
 jìng zhēng fǎ competition law
 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large
 shéng zhī yǐ fǎ to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
 gōng fǎ public law
 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1]
 wéi fēi zuò dǎi to break the law and commit crimes (idiom) / malefactor / evildoer / to perpetrate outrages
 wǎng fǎ to circumvent the law
 sī fǎ private law
 xíng lu:4 criminal law
 zhì zhèng examination of the evidence of the opposing party in a court of law
 fǎ lu:4 zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
 pǔ tōng fǎ common law
 xíng zhèng jū liú to incarcerate sb for a violation of administrative law, typically for 10 days or less / administrative detention
 yuē fǎ temporary law / provisional constitution
 Luó mǎ fǎ Roman law
 fǎ bàn to bring to justice / to punish according to the law
 jì chéng fǎ inheritance law
 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics
 guó nèi fǎ domestic law
 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
 fǎ yuán Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism) / source of the law
 shí tǐ fǎ substantive law
 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law
 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
 fǎn fēn liè fǎ anti-secession law of 2005 (whereby PRC claims the right to invade Taiwan)
 fàn shì to break the law / to commit a crime
 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law
 fèng gōng shǒu fǎ to carry out official duties and observe the law
 huán jìng fǎ environmental law
 jìn jiǔ prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law
 wú zhèng fǔ zhuàng tài breakdown of law and order
 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law
 gāng jì law and order
 zuò jiān fàn kē to flout the law
 zhī fǎ fàn fǎ to know the law and break it (idiom) / consciously going against the rules
 dú duàn dú xíng to decide and act alone (idiom) / to take arbitrary action / a law unto oneself
  fisheries law
 fǎ guān fǎ judge-made law
 Fǎ yuán sì Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing
 gēn běn fǎ fundamental law / body of basic laws
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