承认 承認 chéng rèn to admit / to concede / to recognize / recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc) / to acknowledge syn 执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 使馆 使館 shǐ guǎn consulate / diplomatic mission 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 断交 斷交 duàn jiāo to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties syn 使节 使節 shǐ jié (diplomatic) envoy syn 照会 照會 zhào huì a diplomatic note / letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments 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) 使团 使團 shǐ tuán diplomatic mission 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 代办 代辦 dài bàn to act for sb else / to act on sb's behalf / an agent / a diplomatic representative / a chargé d'affaires syn 天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn 公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law 参赞 參贊 cān zàn to serve as an adviser / (diplomatic rank) attaché / counselor 通牒 tōng dié diplomatic note syn 建交 jiàn jiāo to establish diplomatic relations 公使 gōng shǐ minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations 辞令 辭令 cí lìng polite speech / diplomatic language / rhetoric syn 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 正常化 zhèng cháng huà normalization (of diplomatic relations etc) syn 出使 chū shǐ to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission 邦交 bāng jiāo relations between two countries / diplomatic relations syn 婉言 wǎn yán tactful / diplomatic / mild and indirect syn 外交关系 外交關係 wài jiāo guān xì foreign relations / diplomatic relations 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 聘 pìn to employ / to appoint / (bound form) to betroth / (coll.) (of a woman) to get married / to be marrried off / (literary) to visit another state as an envoy on a diplomatic mission / Taiwan pr. [ping4] 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 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 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 儿媳 兒媳 ér xí daughter-in-law syn 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 丈母娘 zhàng mǔ niáng wife's mother / mother-in-law syn 废止 廢止 fèi zhǐ to repeal (a law) / to put an end to / abolition / annulled syn 量刑 liàng xíng (law) to determine the sentence syn 军法 軍法 jūn fǎ martial law 时效 時效 shí xiào timeliness / period of viability or validity / (law) prescription / limitation / (metallurgy) aging 正法 zhèng fǎ to execute / the law syn 天经地义 天經地義 tiān jīng dì yì lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom) / fig. right and proper / right and unalterable / a matter of course syn 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 国际法 國際法 guó jì fǎ international law 