"Legal" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
法律网 法律網 Legal
合法 hé fǎ lawful / legitimate / legal syn
依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law syn
正版 zhèng bǎn genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3]
法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
yīng to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall syn
square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn
zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn
身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn
法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn
法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility / liability
一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region
提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn
法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies
维权 維權 wéi quán to defend (legal) rights
法律顾问 法律顧問 fǎ lǜ gù wèn Legal Adviser
被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn
法定代表人 fǎ dìng dài biǎo rén (law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc)
法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid
法律保护 fǎ lǜ bǎo hù legal protections
专案组 專案組 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial)
钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn
法理 fǎ lǐ legal principle / jurisprudence
法典 fǎ diǎn legal code / statute
合法化 hé fǎ huà to legalize / to make legal / legalization
见证人 見證人 jiàn zhèng rén eyewitness (to an incident) / witness (to a legal transaction) syn
例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period
法律事务 fǎ lǜ shì wù Legal Services
死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn
法律地位 legal status
法律基础 法律基礎 legal basis
公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn
干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn
错案 錯案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice) syn
擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable
外商独资企业 外商獨資企業 wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4]
法制日报 法制日報 fǎ zhì rì bào Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice
对簿公堂 對簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue
封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn
法律制裁 fǎ lǜ zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law
江平 jiāng píng Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems
正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife
法律委员会 法律委員會 fǎ lǜ wěi yuán huì Legal Committee
代书 代書 dài shū to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others)
吃官司 chī guān sī to face legal action / to get sued syn
àn (legal) case / incident / record / file / table syn
旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute syn
zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn
干爹 乾爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
假案 jiǎ àn fabricated legal case / frame-up syn
干女儿 乾女兒 gān nǚ ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)
干娘 乾娘 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn
干儿子 乾兒子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn
主管法律事务副秘书长、法律顾问 主管法律事務副秘書長、法律顧問 Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs / The Legal Counsel
联合国法律顾问网 lián hé guó fǎ lǜ gù wèn wǎng United Nations Legal Advisers Network / Legal Advisers Network
公设辩护律师、法律援助和法律培训处 公設辯護律師、法律援助和法律培訓處 Public Defense, Legal Aid and Legal Training Service
法外处决 法外處決 extra-legal execution / extrajudicial execution / extra-legal killing / extrajudicial killing
法律干事 法律幹事 legal officer / legal affairs officer
政法委 zhèng fǎ wěi 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)
法务 法務 fǎ wù legal affairs / in-house legal counsel
冤假错案 冤假錯案 yuān jiǎ cuò àn unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case) syn
刑网 刑網 xíng wǎng legal net / the long arm of the law
和解费 和解費 hé jiě fèi money settlement (fine or payment to end a legal dispute)
平等的法律地位 píng děng de fǎ lǜ dì wèi equal legal status (law)
法商 fǎ shāng "legal quotient" (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law and one's standard of honorable conduct
法律约束力 法律約束力 fǎ lǜ yuē shù lì legal force (i.e. binding in law)
法治建设 法治建設 fǎ zhì jiàn shè legislation / constructing legal institutions
争讼 爭訟 zhēng sòng dispute involving litigation / legal dispute
疑狱 疑獄 yí yù a hard legal case to judge
诉论 訴論 sù lùn lawsuit / legal action / accusation
词讼 詞訟 cí sòng lawsuit / legal case syn
词讼费 詞訟費 cí sòng fèi legal fees / costs (of a lawsuit)
证明力 證明力 zhèng míng lì probative value / strength of evidence in legal proof / relevance
法律框架 fǎ lǜ kuàng jià legal framework
法律文件 fǎ lǜ wén jiàn legal papers
法律咨询事务处 Legal Advisory Services
种族隔离制度法律问题工作队 Task Force on Legal Aspects of Apartheid
法律人格 fǎ lǜ rén gé legal personality
分庭法律支助科 Chambers Legal Support Section
法律、研究、环境和转型经济体处 法律、研究、環境和轉型經濟體處 Legal, Research, Environmental and Transitional Economies Branch
特等法律干事 principal legal officer
扩展合法大陆架 extended legal continental shelf
依法驱逐 yī fǎ qū zhú legal eviction
书记官处法律支助股 Registry Legal Support Unit
标准和法律咨询科 Standards and Legal Advice Section
法律事务和人权委员会 Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
桉件和法律干事 案件和法律幹事 Case / Legal Officer
南非法律辩护基金 nán fēi fǎ lǜ biàn hù jī jīn South African Legal Defence Fund
法律咨询事务科 fǎ lǜ zī xún shì wù kē Legal Advisory Services Section
人道主义援助的道德和法律问题工作队 Task Force on Ethical and Legal Issues in Humanitarian Assistance
法律权利力度指数 Strength of Legal Rights Index
法律科 fǎ lǜ kē Legal Section
大陆架制度 continental shelf legal regime / continental shelf regime
法定大陆架 legal continental shelf
法律事务股 fǎ lǜ shì wù gǔ Legal Affairs Unit
法律咨询组 fǎ lǜ zī xún zǔ Legal Advisory Group
高级法律顾问 gāo jí fǎ lǜ gù wèn Senior Legal Adviser
环境保护与可持续发展, 法律原则和建议 環境保護與可持續發展, 法律原則和建議 Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Legal Principles and Recommendations
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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