平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 最小二乘法 zuì xiǎo èr chéng fǎ least square adjustment / least square method / least square fitting procedure / least square fit 最小二乘法平差 least square adjustment / least square method / least square fitting procedure / least square fit 最小二乘法拟合 最小二乘法擬合 least square adjustment / least square method / least square fitting procedure / least square fit 平方反比律 píng fāng fǎn bǐ lǜ inverse square law (physics) 库仑定律 庫侖定律 kù lún dìng lǜ Coulomb's law / the inverse square law of electrostatic forces 平方成反比 píng fāng chéng fǎn bǐ proportional to inverse square (physics) 逆运算 逆運算 nì yùn suàn inverse operation / inverse calculation 逆问题 逆問題 nì wèn tí inverse problem / inverse theory 逆定位问题 逆定位問題 nì dìng wèi wèn tí inverse positioning problem / inverse problem of positioning 方丈 fāng zhang square zhang (i.e. unit of area 10 feet square) / monastic room 10 feet square / Buddhist or Daoist abbot / abbot's chamber syn 方正 fāng zhèng clear and square / neat / square (person) syn 方形 fāng xíng square / square-shaped 见方 見方 jiàn fāng (measurement) (after a length) square (as in "10 feet square") syn 盂方水方 yú fāng shuǐ fāng If the basin is square, the water in it will also be square. (idiom) 丁字尺 dīng zì chǐ T-square / set square (carpenter's tool) syn 方城 fāng chéng square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square) 轸方 軫方 zhěn fāng square / four-square 四出文钱 四出文錢 sì chū wén qián coin minted in the reign of Emperor Ling of Han 漢靈帝|汉灵帝[Han4 Ling2 Di4], with a square hole in the middle and four lines radiating out from each corner of the square (hence the name 四出文) 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 核弹头核心组件 核彈頭核心組件 core physics package / physics package 国际理论物理中心 國際理論物理中心 Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics / International Centre for Theoretical Physics 等离子物理和受控核聚变国际会议 等離子物理和受控核聚變國際會議 International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research / Conference on plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research 倒数 倒數 dào shù inverse number / reciprocal (math.) 反比 fǎn bǐ inversely proportional / inverse ratio syn 逆序 nì xù inverse order 反函数 反函數 fǎn hán shù inverse function (math.) syn 乘法逆 chéng fǎ nì multiplicative inverse (math.) 逆反应 逆反應 nì fǎn yìng reverse reaction / counterreaction / inverse response 逆映射 nì yìng shè inverse map (math.) 逆定位算法 nì dìng wèi suàn fǎ inverse positioning algorithm 反演技术 反演技術 inversion / inverse theory techniques 守恒定律 守恆定律 shǒu héng dìng lǜ conservation law (physics) 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 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 平方米 píng fāng mǐ square meter 广场 廣場 guǎng chǎng public square / plaza 平米 píng mǐ square meter / short for 平方米 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square / fig. established standard / rule / customs / practices / fig. upright and honest / well-behaved syn 平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer 对阵 對陣 duì zhèn poised for battle / to square up for a fight syn 方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube / block / square / rectangle / diamond ♦ (in card games) syn 原点 原點 yuán diǎn starting point / square one / (coordinate geometry) origin 铜钱 銅錢 tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) syn 正方形 zhèng fāng xíng square 方寸 fāng cùn square cun (Chinese unit of area: 1 cun × 1 cun, or 3⅓ cm × 3⅓ cm) / heart / mind syn 方阵 方陣 fāng zhèn square-shaped formation (military) / phalanx / (math.) matrix 人民广场 人民廣場 rén mín guǎng chǎng People's Square, Shanghai 时代广场 時代廣場 shí dài guǎng chǎng Times Square 方格 fāng gé checked pattern / square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character 天安门广场 天安門廣場 tiān ān mén guǎng chǎng Tiananmen Square 堂堂正正 táng táng zhèng zhèng displaying strength and discipline / impressive / upright and frank / square syn 