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HSK
method; way; means / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
way of thinking; opinion; notion / to think of a way (to do sth)
HSK 2
method; way (of doing sth); means / CL: 條|条, 個|个
HSK 2
way of handling sth / method for making / work method / recipe / practice / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
way of looking at a thing / view / opinion / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
lawful / legitimate / legal
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉)
HSK 4
unable to; incapable of
HSK 4
court of law / court
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
variant of
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
old variant of / law
HSK 4
HSK 4
judge (in court)
HSK 4
grammar
HSK 4
(coll.) can't do anything about it / (coll.) there's no way that ...; it's simply not credible that ... / (coll.) couldn't be (better) (i.e. simply wonderful)
HSK 4
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
legal system and institutions
HSK 5
illegal / to break the law
HSK 5
legal (proceedings) / according to law
HSK 5
legislation / statute
HSK 5
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
court of law
HSK 6
usage
HSK 6
French (language)
HSK 6
illegal
HSK 7-9
therapy; treatment
HSK 7-9
criminal law
HSK 7-9
to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
HSK 7-9
judicial / (administration of) justice
HSK 7-9
to enforce a law / law enforcement
HSK 7-9
constitution (of a country) / CL:
HSK 7-9
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
High Court
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism)
system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
outside the law; beyond the law; extrajudicial
international law
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
France
there is no alternative
Faraday (name) / Michael Faraday (1791-1867), British experimental physicist prominent in the development of electricity
method of relieving pain
marriage law
rule of law / to rule by law
aromatherapy (alternative medicine)
fascist (loanword)
national law
one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
criminal; lawbreaker; outlaw
normal force (physics)
made in France
solution / method to settle an issue
French Polynesia
calculation / reckoning
judicial authorities
arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation
civil code
Buddha's teaching / Buddhist monk's apparel, staff etc / (Daoism) magic weapon / talisman / fig. specially effective device / magic wand
enchantment / magic
(Internet slang) (loanword) fuck you
legal principle / jurisprudence
It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law
(geometry) normal line
Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism)
multiplication
Roman law
French-style
rule; method; model
warfarin (loanword)
military strategy
normal vector
to play fast and loose with the law / to game the system / (leisure) rules of the game / way of doing an activity / (tourism) way of experiencing a place
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
temporary law / provisional constitution
pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)
France
French Guiana
style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling
law / legal studies
to enact laws / to legislate / legislation
law / rule / code
to break the law
Air France
painting technique / drawing method
method of counting (e.g. decimal or Roman numbers)
variant of 不法分子
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine
implosion atomic bomb
fencing / sword-play
magic trick
grammar
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
solution (to a math problem) / method of solving
to play (a card) / to make a move in a game
tax code / tax law
term; name; way of referring to sb or sth
civil law

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