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HSK
method; way; means / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
method; way (of doing sth); means / CL: 條|条, 個|个
HSK 2
HSK 4
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
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
legislation / statute
HSK 5
legal (proceedings) / according to law
HSK 5
grammar
HSK 4
unable to; incapable of
HSK 4
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
legal system and institutions
HSK 5
way of thinking; opinion; notion / to think of a way (to do sth)
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
usage
HSK 6
judge (in court)
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
court of law / court
HSK 4
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
court of law
HSK 6
criminal law
HSK 7-9
illegal / to break the law
HSK 5
French (language)
HSK 6
multiplication
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
to enforce a law / law enforcement
HSK 7-9
judicial / (administration of) justice
HSK 7-9
fundamental law / body of basic laws
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
illegal
art of war / military strategy and tactics
Taiwan Relations Act (of US Congress, 1979)
to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
criminal; lawbreaker; outlaw
to rule according to the law
Trafalgar Square (London)
Anglo-French
Chief Justice
reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法
multiplication table
county court / district court
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
there is no alternative
to try by all available methods
treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
civil code
patent law
Ferrari, Italian luxury sports car manufacturer
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特
constitution (of a country) / CL:
HSK 7-9
Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc)
grammar
appeals court
subtraction
aromatherapy
chemotherapy
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
France
brilliant plan / ingenious method / perfect solution
judicial authorities
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
variant of
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
old variant of / law
HSK 4
public security authorities, acronym from 公安局, 檢察院|检察院 and 法院
multiplication table
triangulation (surveying)
French Revolution (1789-1799)
addition
trigonometry (math.)
lawless / illegal / unlawful
people's court (of law) / people's tribunal
to abide by the law
made in France
calligrapher
therapy; treatment
HSK 7-9
legislature
cooking method
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子
bill / proposed law
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
Faku county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle
mnemonic method
methodology / Discours de la méthode by René Descartes 笛卡兒|笛卡儿, 1637
China University of Political Science and Law, located in Beijing
civil law
Supreme Court of the United States
court-martial; military tribunal
international law
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號|法号
solution / method to settle an issue
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
member of the Legislative Yuan (Tw)
arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
Pareto principle
law / rule / code

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