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 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 法律 fǎ lǜ law / CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4] syn 依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to 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 违法 違法 wéi fǎ illegal / to break the law syn 违反 違反 wéi fǎn to violate (a law) syn 法院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court syn 条款 條款 tiáo kuǎn clause (of contract or law) / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 规律 規律 guī lǜ rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline syn 人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn 知识产权 知識產權 zhī shi chǎn quán intellectual property rights (law) 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 法庭 fǎ tíng court of law syn 判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn 裁判 cái pàn (law) to judge / to adjudicate / verdict / judgement / (sports) to referee / (sports) umpire / referee / judge syn 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 无辜 無辜 wú gū innocent / innocence / not guilty (law) syn 律师事务所 律師事務所 lǜ shī shì wù suǒ law firm 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 法则 法則 fǎ zé law / rule / code syn 得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪[de2 zui5] syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation 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 检察 檢察 jiǎn chá to inspect / (law) to prosecute / to investigate syn 守法 shǒu fǎ to abide by the law 政法 zhèng fǎ politics and law 刑法 xíng fǎ criminal law syn 送达 送達 sòng dá to deliver / to serve notice (law) 执法人员 執法人員 zhí fǎ rén yuán law enforcer 一审 一審 yī shěn first instance (law) 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 债权 債權 zhài quán creditor's rights (law) 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch 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) 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 税法 稅法 shuì fǎ tax code / tax law 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 过失 過失 guò shī error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency syn 殴打 毆打 ōu dǎ to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law) syn 诉讼法 訴訟法 sù sòng fǎ procedural law 法案 fǎ àn bill / proposed law syn 委托人 wěi tuō rén (law) client / trustor syn 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 民法 mín fǎ civil law 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 法学院 法學院 fǎ xué yuàn law school 废止 廢止 fèi zhǐ to repeal (a law) / to put an end to / abolition / annulled syn 自然人 zì rán rén natural person (law) / see also 法人[fa3 ren2] 庇护 庇護 bì hù to shelter / to protect / to provide refuge / (law) asylum syn 