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method; way; technique; procedure / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem / CL: 條|条, 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
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
legal (proceedings) / according to law
HSK 5
grammar
HSK 4
unable to; incapable of
HSK 4
technique / trick / skill
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
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
criminal law
HSK 7-9
illegal / to break the law
HSK 5
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 think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means / to try this, that and the other
HSK 7-9
Anglo-French
reductio ad absurdum / arguing by contradiction / also called 反證法|反证法
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
there is no alternative
patent law
constitution (of a country) / CL:
HSK 7-9
grammar
subtraction
aromatherapy
chemotherapy
brilliant plan / ingenious method / perfect solution
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
triangulation (surveying)
addition
trigonometry (math.)
lawless / illegal / unlawful
to abide by the law
therapy; treatment
HSK 7-9
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
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle
mnemonic method
civil law
international law
solution / method to settle an issue
arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
Hong Kong National Security Law (from 30th June 2020)
deductive reasoning
term; name; way of referring to sb or sth
fencing / sword-play
basic law (constitutional document)
(doing sth) in the right way / suitable / properly
politics and law
Roman law
military strategy
national law
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
calendar science / calendar system
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine
immunization
public law
heuristic method / heuristics
method of coordinates (geometry)
natural therapy
diversionary tactic; smokescreen
to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
HSK 7-9
pose or motion of one's body in martial arts
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
idiom
to carry out official duties and observe the law
martial law
conflict of laws
style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling
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
to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
finite element method
move (in chess or martial arts)
spectrophotometry
nomenclature
boxing / fighting technique
Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997)
marriage law
induction (method of deduction in logic)
to violate the constitution
there is nothing to be done / one can't do anything about it
way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation
etiquette / ceremonial rites
China-France; Sino-French
to be executed
Law on the National Emblem of the PRC, promulgated in 1991

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