量力而为 量力而為 liàng lì ér wéi to weigh one's abilities and act accordingly / to act according to one's means / to cut one's coat according to one's cloth 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣 kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure / to act according to actual circumstances / to live within one's means 看菜吃饭，量体裁衣 看菜吃飯，量體裁衣 kàn cài chī fàn , liàng tǐ cái yī lit. to eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances 量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liàng tǐ cái yī lit. to cut cloth according to the body (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances 公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 协议法 xié yì fǎ treaty-made law / treaty-created law / treaty law 依法治国 依法治國 yī fǎ zhì guó to rule according to the law 绳之以法 繩之以法 shéng zhī yǐ fǎ to punish according to the law / to bring to justice syn 法办 法辦 fǎ bàn to bring to justice / to punish according to the law syn 按照法律 àn zhào fǎ lǜ according to the law 执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn 以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn 阿伏伽德罗定律 阿伏伽德羅定律 ā fú jiā dé luó dìng lǜ Avogadro's law, a gas law named after Amedeo Avogadro 库仑定律 庫侖定律 kù lún dìng lǜ Coulomb's law / the inverse square law of electrostatic forces 以言代法 yǐ yán dài fǎ to substitute one's words for the law (idiom) / high-handedly putting one's orders above the law 受法律保护权 受法律保護權 shòu fǎ lǜ bǎo hù quán right to protection by law (law) 守分 shǒu fèn to abide by the law / to respect the law 小婿 xiǎo xù my son-in-law (humble) / I (spoken to parents-in-law) 扒灰 pá huī incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law 服法 fú fǎ to submit to the law / to obey the law / administration method (of medicine) 法外 fǎ wài outside the law / beyond the law / extrajudicial 爬灰 pá huī incest between father-in-law and daughter-in-law / also written 扒灰 目无法纪 目無法紀 mù wú fǎ jì with no regard for law or discipline (idiom) / flouting the law and disregarding all rules / in complete disorder syn 难逃法网 難逃法網 nán táo fǎ wǎng It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law / the long arm of the law 武装冲突法 武裝沖突法 law of armed conflict / law of war 国际人权法 國際人權法 guó jì rén quán fǎ international human rights law / human rights law 联合国国际法视听图书馆 聯合國國際法視聽圖書館 United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law / Audiovisual Library in International Law 联合国贸易法委员会跨国界破产示范法 聯合國貿易法委員會跨國界破產示範法 Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 海洋法技术问题咨询委员会 海洋法技術問題咨詢委員會 Advisory Board on Technical Aspects of the Law of the Sea / Advisory Board on Hydrographic, Geodetic and Marine Geo-Scientific Aspects of the Law of the Sea 纲要法律 綱要法律 skeleton law / outline law 日内瓦国际法讨论会 日內瓦國際法討論會 Geneva Seminar on International Law / International Law Seminar 马克斯·普朗克比较公法和国际法研究所 馬克斯·普朗克比較公法和國際法研究所 Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law 国际军事刑法和战争法学会 國際軍事刑法和戰爭法學會 International Society of Penal Military Law and Law of War 法治国家联盟 法治國家聯盟 State of Law Coalition / State of Law 国际公法工作小组 國際公法工作小組 Public International Law Working Group / Council Working Group on Public International Law; 巴勒斯坦临时自治政权基本法 巴勒斯坦臨時自治政權基本法 Basic Law for the Palestinian Interim Self-Government Authority / Palestinian Basic Law 关于解决本国法和住所地法冲突的公约 關於解決本國法和住所地法沖突的公約 Convention relating to the settlement of the conflicts between the law of nationality and the law of domicile 美国律师公会中欧和东欧法律倡议 美國律師公會中歐和東歐法律倡議 American Bar Association Central and Eastern European Law Initiative / Central and Eastern European Law Initiative 媳妇熬成婆 媳婦熬成婆 xí fù áo chéng pó lit. even a submissive daughter-in-law will one day become a domineering mother-in-law (idiom) / fig. the oppressed will become the oppressor / what goes around comes around 改口费 改口費 gǎi kǒu fèi a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law 翁婿 wēng xù father-in-law (wife's father) and son-in-law 丑媳妇早晚也得见公婆 醜媳婦早晚也得見公婆 chǒu xí fù zǎo wǎn yě děi jiàn gōng pó lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever 法政 fǎ zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 根据 根據 gēn jù according to / based on / basis / foundation / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 按照 àn zhào according to / in accordance with / in the light of / on the basis of syn 依据 依據 yī jù according to / basis / foundation syn 随意 隨意 suí yì as one wishes / according to one's wishes / at will / voluntary / conscious syn 据悉 據悉 jù xī according to reports / it is reported (that) syn 随机 隨機 suí jī according to the situation / pragmatic / random syn 依照 yī zhào according to / in light of syn 正规 正規 zhèng guī regular / according to standards syn 所能 suǒ néng according to one's capabilities / what sb is capable of 一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion / according to some 大桥 大橋 dà qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China syn 如意 rú yì as one wants / according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune syn 按规定 按規定 àn guī dìng according to regulation 据统计 據統計 jù tǒng jì according to statistics 调制 調制 tiáo zhì to concoct by mixing ingredients / to prepare according to a recipe / to make (a salad, a cocktail, cosmetics etc) 相传 相傳 xiāng chuán to pass on / to hand down / tradition has it that ... / according to legend syn 正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent / honorable / proper / serious / according to standards syn 据称 據稱 jù chēng it is said / allegedly / according to reports / or so they say syn 乱码 亂碼 luàn mǎ mojibake (nonsense characters displayed when software fails to render text according to its intended character encoding) 据报道 據報道 jù bào dào according to a report / It is reported that... 配料 pèi liào ingredients (in a cooking recipe) / to mix materials according to directions 沿用 yán yòng to continue to use (old methods) / to apply as before / according to usage syn 本体 本體 běn tǐ main part / torso / the thing in itself / noumenon (object of purely intellectual perception according to Kant) 小桥 小橋 xiǎo qiáo Xiao Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China 一丝不苟 一絲不苟 yī sī bù gǒu not one thread loose (idiom) / strictly according to the rules / meticulous / not one hair out of place syn 比照 bǐ zhào according to / in the light of / contrast syn 按需 àn xū on demand / according to demand 随地 隨地 suí dì according to the location / everywhere / any place / from any location / from wherever you like syn 以 yǐ to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place) syn 学名 學名 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students 新军 新軍 xīn jūn New Armies (modernized Qing armies, trained and equipped according to Western standards, founded after Japan's victory in the First Sino-Japanese War in 1895) 照理 zhào lǐ according to reason / usually / in the normal course of events / to attend to syn 菜式 cài shì dish (food prepared according to a specific recipe) 水涨船高 水漲船高 shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom) / fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation syn 随机应变 隨機應變 suí jī yìng biàn to change according to the situation (idiom) / pragmatic syn 据估计 據估計 jù gū jì according to estimates 本命年 běn mìng nián year of one's birth sign, according to the cycle of 12 animals of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1] 按理 àn lǐ according to reason / in the ordinary course of events / normally syn 按劳分配 按勞分配 àn láo fēn pèi distribution according to work 应景 應景 yìng jǐng according with the times / seasonal syn 规整 規整 guī zhěng according to a pattern / regular / orderly / structured / neat and tidy syn 照章 zhào zhāng according to the regulations syn 包工 bāo gōng to undertake to perform work within a time limit and according to specifications / to contract for a job / contractor 