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HSK
method; way; means / CL: 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
legal (proceedings) / according to law
HSK 5
method; way (of doing sth); means / CL: 條|条, 個|个
HSK 2
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
court of law / court
HSK 4
legislation / statute
HSK 5
grammar
HSK 4
court of law
HSK 6
criminal law
HSK 7-9
multiplication
(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
at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice
illegal / to break the law
HSK 5
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
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
French (language)
HSK 6
art of war / military strategy and tactics
unable to; incapable of
HSK 4
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
aromatherapy
to rule according to the law
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
criminal; lawbreaker; outlaw
Supreme Court of the United States
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
Anglo-French
Chief Justice
right to protection by law (law)
multiplication table
county court / district court
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
civil code
Ferrari, Italian luxury sports car manufacturer
French dressing / vinaigrette
calculus of variations
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
therapy; treatment
HSK 7-9
Ministry of Justice (PRC etc) / Justice Department (USA etc)
“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
grammar
China Law Society
to interpret the law
brilliant plan / ingenious method / perfect solution
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
multiplication table
addition
trigonometry (math.)
lawless / illegal / unlawful
people's court (of law) / people's tribunal
to abide by the law
cooking method
public security authorities, acronym from 公安局, 檢察院|检察院 and 法院
Frenchman / French person
bill / proposed law
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
Ephraim (city)
civil law
large though its mesh may be, no criminal can slip through the wide net of justice
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery) / same as 法號|法号
French press / press pot
arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation
French language
chemotherapy
decimal system
constitution (of a country) / CL:
HSK 7-9
France
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
term; name; way of referring to sb or sth
International Court of Justice
basic law (constitutional document)
can find methods / resourceful / creative
legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
to bring to justice / to punish according to the law
judicial officer
international law
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern
(doing sth) in the right way / suitable / properly
the law of the jungle
politics and law
Political and Legal Affairs Commission (may refer to the national-level Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, responsible for overseeing law enforcement, judicial affairs and domestic security, or a corresponding body at a lower administrative level)
judicial independence
statutory; law-based; legal
legal responsibility; liability
(Maoism) one divides into two
French Revolution (1789)
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine

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