干杯 乾杯 gān bēi to drink a toast / Cheers! (proposing a toast) / Here's to you! / Bottoms up! / lit. dry cup 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) syn 脱水 脫水 tuō shuǐ to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation 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 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 干洗 乾洗 gān xǐ to dry clean / dry cleaning 枯燥 kū zào dry and dull / uninteresting / tedious syn 晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc) / to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) 烘干 烘乾 hōng gān to dry over a stove 萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither / to dry up (of a plant) / to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) syn 严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn 干旱 乾旱 gān hàn drought / arid / dry syn 干冰 乾冰 gān bīng dry ice (i.e. frozen CO2) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] 起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn 干涸 乾涸 gān hé to dry up syn 亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn 搜刮 sōu guā to rake in (money) / to plunder / to milk people dry syn 晾干 晾乾 liàng gān to dry (sth) by airing 干巴巴 乾巴巴 gān bā bā dry / parched / dull / insipid syn 风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry / to season (timber etc) / air-dried / air-drying 干果 乾果 gān guǒ dried fruit / dry fruits (nuts etc) 索然 suǒ rán dull / dry 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 干涩 乾澀 gān sè dry and rough (skin) / hoarse (voice) / dry and heavy (style) syn 干渴 乾渴 gān kě parched / dry mouth syn 海枯石烂 海枯石爛 hǎi kū shí làn lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom) / fig. forever / until the end of time 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 干咳 乾咳 gān ké to cough without phlegm / a dry cough syn 干粉 乾粉 gān fěn dry powder 习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 擦干 擦乾 cā gān to wipe dry 晒干 曬乾 shài gān to dry in the sun 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 断流 斷流 duàn liú to run dry (of river) 枯草 kū cǎo withered grass / dry grass 吹干 吹乾 chuī gān to blow-dry 碳化 tàn huà to carbonize / dry distillation / carbonization 冻干 凍乾 dòng gān to freeze-dry / freeze-dried food (such as meat or fruit) 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 饲养场 飼養場 sì yǎng chǎng farm / feed lot / dry lot 阴干 陰乾 yīn gān to dry in the shade 干眼症 乾眼症 gān yǎn zhèng (medicine) xerophthalmia / dry eye syndrome 松 鬆 sōng loose / to loosen / to relax / floss (dry, fluffy food product made from shredded, seasoned meat or fish, used as a topping or filling) syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 晒 曬 shài (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to syn 炮 bāo to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating syn 糗 qiǔ dry rations (for a journey) / (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking) / (coll.) embarrassing / embarrassment syn 晾 liàng to dry in the air / (fig.) to cold-shoulder syn 燥 zào dry / parched / impatient / vexed / (bound form) (Taiwan pr. [sao4]) minced meat syn 焙 bèi to dry over a fire / to bake syn 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire 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 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 白板笔 白板筆 bái bǎn bǐ whiteboard marker / dry-erase marker 白鹤梁 白鶴梁 bái hè liáng White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings 涸 hé to dry / to dry up 隍 huáng dry moat / god of city 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn 笾 籩 biān bamboo tazza used in ancient times to hold dry food for sacrifices or at banquets 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 糇 餱 hóu dry provisions 澌 sī drain dry / to exhaust 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 