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  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
to break the rules / an illegality / a foul
HSK 6
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  *薇* | 薇* | *薇
Osmunda regalis, a species of fern / Taiwan pr. [wei2]
Shang Yang (c. 390-338 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of the state of Qin 秦國|秦国, whose reforms paved the way for the eventual unification of the Chinese empire by the Qin dynasty 秦朝
Galicia, province and former kingdom of northwest Spain
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  *玲* | 玲* | *玲
(onom.) ting-a-ling (in compounds such as 玎玲 or 玲瓏|玲珑) / tinkling of gem-pendants
Han Fei, also known as Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子 (c. 280-233 BC), Legalist philosopher of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
curry (loanword)
to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
the Legalist school of political philosophy, which rose to prominence in the Warring States period (475-221 BC) (The Legalists believed that social harmony could only be attained through strong state control, and advocated for a system of rigidly applied punishments and rewards for specific behaviors.) / a Legalist
the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists) / fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
Kigali, capital of Rwanda
La Coruña or A Coruña (city in Galicia, Spain)
to make light contact with the edge of sth / (fig.) to be nearly (a certain age); to be close to (danger) / (fig.) to be marginal (in terms of relevance or legality)
Li Kui (455-395 BC), legalist philosopher and statesman of Wei state 魏國|魏国
argali (Ovis ammon)
(slang) awkward conversation; to have a cringeworthy conversation
Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC
Bengali (language)
The Book of Lord Shang, Legalist text of the 4th century BC
curry powder
Shen Buhai (385-337 BC), legalist political thinker
another name for Han Fei 韓非|韩非, Legalist philosopher (c. 280-233 BC) / Han Feizi, book of Legalist Philosophy authored by Han Fei 韓非|韩非 during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
the nine schools of thought, philosophical schools of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-220 BC), viz Confucians 儒家, Daoists 道家, Yin and Yang 陰陽家|阴阳家, Legalists 法家, Logicians 名家, Mohists 墨家, Diplomats 縱橫家|纵横家, Miscellaneous 雜家|杂家, and Agriculturalists 農家|农家
People's alliance party / Bengali Awami league
Bethsaida, settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee mentioned in the New Testament
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian scientist
Galileo, American robotic spacecraft launched to Jupiter in 1989, orbiting the planet 1995-2003
(idiom) frugality makes honesty
Zabulon or Zebulun, biblical land between Jordan and Galilee (Matthew 4:15)
Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
Galilee (in biblical Palestine)
Galilee
Sea of Galilee
to legalize / to make legal / legalization
Kigali, capital of Rwanda (Tw)
(idiom) extravagance comes easily, frugality is difficult
Sun Wu, famous general, strategist and Legalist philosopher, contemporary with Confucius 孔子 (551-479 BC), author of "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, also known as Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times / Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei)
egalitarianism
egalitarianism
(idiom) to refrain from extravagance and cherish frugality
Evangelista Torricelli (1608-1647), Italian physicist, colleague of Galileo
jurist / member of the pre-Han legalist school
ugali / nshima
(idiom) it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance; the reverse is not so easy
Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee)


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