执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 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 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 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn 以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn 护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law 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 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 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 机构 機構 jī gòu mechanism / structure / organization / agency / institution / CL:所[suo3] syn 社 shè (bound form) society / organization / agency / (old) god of the land syn 情报局 情報局 qíng bào jú intelligence agency 机关 機關 jī guān mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 中介 zhōng jiè to act as intermediary / to link / intermediate / inter- / agency / agent syn 办事处 辦事處 bàn shì chù office / agency 旅行社 lǚ xíng shè travel agency 经销商 經銷商 jīng xiāo shāng dealer / seller / distributor / broker / agency / franchise (i.e. company) / retail outlet 宇航局 yǔ háng jú space agency syn 新闻网 新聞網 xīn wén wǎng news agency 福利院 fú lì yuàn welfare agency syn 航天局 háng tiān jú space agency syn 路透社 lù tòu shè Reuters News Agency 专营店 專營店 zhuān yíng diàn exclusive agency / franchised shop / authorized store 新华社 新華社 xīn huá shè Xinhua News Agency, founded in 1931 as the press outlet of the Chinese Communist Party 专司 專司 zhuān sī to work solely on / to have as one's (or its) sole function / person or agency responsible for one specific thing syn 法新社 fǎ xīn shè Agence France Presse / AFP news agency 中央社 zhōng yāng shè Central News Agency (Taiwan) 中情局 zhōng qíng jú US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA (abbr. for 中央情報局|中央情报局[Zhong1yang1 Qing2bao4ju2]) 中央情报局 中央情報局 zhōng yāng qíng bào jú US Central Intelligence Agency, CIA 执行机构 執行機構 zhí xíng jī gòu executing agency 卫生署 衛生署 wèi shēng shǔ health bureau (or office, or department, or agency) 路透 lù tòu Reuters (news agency) 海事局 hǎi shì jú PRC Maritime Safety Agency 国际货运代理 國際貨運代理 guó jì huò yùn dài lǐ international transport agency 共同社 gòng tóng shè Kyōdō, Japanese news agency 国家安全局 國家安全局 guó jiā ān quán jú National Security Bureau (NSB) (Tw) / National Security Agency (NSA) (USA) 反贪局 反貪局 Anti-Corruption Agency 红头文件 紅頭文件 hóng tóu wén jiàn red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies 承销商 承銷商 chéng xiāo shāng underwriting company / dealership / sales agency 婚姻介绍所 婚姻介紹所 hūn yīn jiè shào suǒ marriage agency 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn 法律 fǎ lǜ law / CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4] syn 法庭 fǎ tíng court of law syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 亲 親 qìng parents-in-law of one's offspring syn 无辜 無辜 wú gū innocent / innocence / not guilty (law) syn 法院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court syn 违反 違反 wéi fǎn to violate (a law) syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn 违法 違法 wéi fǎ illegal / to break the law syn 委托人 wěi tuō rén (law) client / trustor syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 裁判 cái pàn (law) to judge / to adjudicate / verdict / judgement / (sports) to referee / (sports) umpire / referee / judge syn 证物 證物 zhèng wù exhibit (law) syn 法案 fǎ àn bill / proposed law syn 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 逍遥法外 逍遙法外 xiāo yáo fǎ wài unfettered and beyond the law (idiom) / evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large 条款 條款 tiáo kuǎn clause (of contract or law) / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law syn 逃犯 táo fàn escaped criminal / fugitive from the law syn 法则 法則 fǎ zé law / rule / code syn 殴打 毆打 ōu dǎ to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law) syn 过失 過失 guò shī error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency syn 规律 規律 guī lǜ rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline syn 法学院 法學院 fǎ xué yuàn law school 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 庇护 庇護 bì hù to shelter / to protect / to provide refuge / (law) asylum syn 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 绳之以法 繩之以法 shéng zhī yǐ fǎ to punish according to the law / to bring to justice syn 通缉犯 通緝犯 tōng jī fàn wanted criminal / fugitive (from the law) 守法 shǒu fǎ to abide by the law 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law syn 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 禁酒 jìn jiǔ prohibition / ban on alcohol / dry law 无法无天 無法無天 wú fǎ wú tiān regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom) / maverick / undisciplined and out of control syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 戒严 戒嚴 jiè yán to impose martial law / to impose emergency measures 送达 送達 sòng dá to deliver / to serve notice (law) 儿媳妇 兒媳婦 ér xí fu daughter-in-law syn 检察 檢察 jiǎn chá to inspect / (law) to prosecute / to investigate syn 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 刑法 xíng fǎ criminal law syn 法网 法網 fǎ wǎng the net of justice / the long arm of the law syn 