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 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 复审 復審 fù shěn to re-examine / to recheck / (law) to conduct a judicial review / to retry (a case) syn 约束力 約束力 yuē shù lì (of a contract) binding (law) 为非作歹 為非作歹 wéi fēi zuò dǎi to break the law and commit crimes (idiom) / malefactor / evildoer / to perpetrate outrages syn 税法 稅法 shuì fǎ tax code / tax law 公审 公審 gōng shěn public trial (in a court of law) 姑婆 gū pó grandfather's sister / sister of a woman's father-in-law syn 居留权 居留權 jū liú quán right of abode (law) 公堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1] syn 反诉 反訴 fǎn sù counterclaim / countercharge (law) 债权 債權 zhài quán creditor's rights (law) 附则 附則 fù zé supplementary provision / bylaw / additional article (law) 阿婆 ā pó granny / mother-in-law syn 公婆 gōng pó husband's parents / parents-in-law syn 民法 mín fǎ civil law 姑爷 姑爺 gū ye son-in-law (used by wife's family) / uncle (husband of father's sister) syn 奉公守法 fèng gōng shǒu fǎ to carry out official duties and observe the law syn 一审 一審 yī shěn first instance (law) 国法 國法 guó fǎ national law 嫂嫂 sǎo sao older brother's wife / sister-in-law / (polite address to a younger married woman) sister syn 