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HSK
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
way of thinking; opinion; notion / to think of a way (to do sth)
HSK 2
method; way; means / 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
grammar
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *㳒* | 㳒* | *㳒
variant of
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *灋* | 灋* | *灋
old variant of / law
HSK 4
unable to; incapable of
HSK 4
to expound Buddhist teachings
HSK 5
calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
HSK 5
legal (proceedings) / according to law
HSK 5
illegal / to break the law
HSK 5
technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
usage
HSK 6
to enforce a law / law enforcement
HSK 7-9
to try / to make an attempt / to think of a way (to accomplish sth)
HSK 7-9
therapy; treatment
HSK 7-9
illegal
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
criminal law
HSK 7-9
judicial / (administration of) justice
HSK 7-9
constitution (of a country) / CL:
HSK 7-9
to talk from one's personal experience / to use oneself as an example
pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)
to disseminate knowledge of the law
technique / method
civil law
to violate the constitution
perspective (in drawing)
calculation / reckoning
to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
to enact laws / to legislate / legislation
Duan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer
bond (in building)
patriarchal clan system
hydroponics
military strategy
way of speaking / wording / formulation / one's version (of events) / statement / theory / hypothesis / interpretation
enchantment / magic
moxibustion (TCM)
course of action / method of doing sth / practice / modus operandi
private law
induction (method of deduction in logic)
(law) entrapment
spectrophotometry
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha) / Buddhist doctrine
input method
to implement the law / to perform sorcery
national law
method of least squares (math.) (Tw)
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
binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)
style of writing (literary style) / way of writing a character / spelling
way of eating / how something is eaten / how a dish is prepared / the way a dish is to be cooked
at a loss / unable to do anything about it / to have no choice
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan / The five courts or are 行政院 Executive yuan, 立法院 Legislative yuan, 司法院 Judicial yuan, 考試院|考试院 Examination yuan, 監察院|监察院 Control yuan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *法* | 法* | *法
France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国 / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]
grammar
fencing / sword-play
psychotherapy / mental health treatment
to punish according to the law / to bring to justice
optometry / eyesight testing
running style / racing technique
corporations law; company law; corporate law
alpha (Greek letter Α, α)
Haifa (city in Israel)
to abide by the law
teaching method; pedagogy
to execute / the law
to propagate Buddhist teachings
prophylaxis / medical prevention
painting technique / drawing method
to amend a law
mnemonic method
procedural law
heuristic method / heuristics
international law
hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) / also 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗
calendar science / calendar system
Roman law
arithmetic / algorithm / method of calculation
don't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)
subtraction
to abuse power to crush the law
tax code / tax law
the analytic method / analytic reasoning
public law
to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law
therapy
pose or motion of one's body in martial arts
(finance) dollar cost averaging
multiplication
look-up method for Chinese characters
lawless / illegal / unlawful
hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
marksmanship

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