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to take charge of / to manage or direct / to preside over / to uphold / to stand for (justice etc) / to host (a TV or radio program etc) / (TV) anchor
HSK 3
justice / righteousness / just / righteous
HSK 5
good faith / honor / trust and justice
judicial / (administration of) justice
HSK 7-9
in the right and self-confident (idiom); bold and confident with justice on one's side / to have the courage of one's convictions / just and forceful
HSK 7-9
Chief Justice
the five cardinal virtues in traditional Chinese ethics: benevolence , justice 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom and honor / alternative term for 五倫|五伦, the five cardinal relationships / alternative term for 五行, the five elements
to punish / to administer justice
HSK 7-9
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justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship
to uphold (e.g. justice or virtue) / to promote
HSK 7-9
Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc)
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
miscarriage of justice
to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by
to bring to justice
justice is to be found everywhere (idiom)
honor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back / no surrender / to pursue justice with no second thoughts
completely lacking any feeling or sense of justice (idiom); cold and ruthless
HSK 7-9
Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
(idiom) to aid sb suffering an injustice; to fight for justice
to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维)
(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
to bring to justice; to hand over to the law
facts of an injustice / circumstances surrounding a miscarriage of justice
to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
International Court of Justice
morality / righteousness and justice
to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice)
social justice
grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice
to bring to justice / to file away (a document)
the four social bonds: propriety, justice, integrity and honor / see 禮義廉恥|礼义廉耻 / the four directions / the four limbs (Chinese medicine) / four-dimensional
unjust charge or verdict; miscarriage of justice; frame-up
it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested
Ministry of Justice (in imperial China)
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions
(idiom) to enforce justice on behalf of Heaven
Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice
righteousness / justice
to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
judicial officer / justice of the peace (old)
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
to bring to justice / to punish according to the law
chivalrous / helping the weak for the sake of justice
minister of criminal justice (official rank in imperial China)
a just cause enjoys abundant support (idiom); those upholding justice will find help all around
to appeal for justice / to demand redress for a grievance
net used to catch fish (or birds etc) / (fig.) the net of justice 法網|法网
to bring to justice; to hand over to the law (abbr. for 函送法辦|函送法办)
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
the net of justice; the long arm of the law
to misjudge / error of judgment / incorrect ruling / miscarriage of justice
Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)
Justice of the Peace (JP)
European Court of Justice
to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
justice / fairness / public highway
Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
to speak forcefully and with justice (idiom); to argue with the courage of one's convictions / also written 振振有詞|振振有词
Dreyfus (name) / Alfred Dreyfus (1859-1935), French artillery officer of Alsatian and Jewish background, infamously imprisoned 1894 in miscarriage of justice
Dreyfus affair 1894-1906, notorious political scandal in France case involving antisemitism and miscarriage of justice
International Court of Justice in The Hague
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
Chief Justice of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review
to right a wrong / to seek justice
miscarriage of justice
to bring to justice; to hand over to the law
to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal
unjust accusation / miscarriage of justice


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