森 sēn (bound form) densely wooded / (fig.) (bound form) multitudinous / gloomy / forbidding syn 詻 è harsh / forbidding 虎踞龙盘 虎踞龍盤 hǔ jù lóng pán lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom) / fig. forbidding terrain syn 虎踞龙蟠 虎踞龍蟠 hǔ jù lóng pán lit. where tigers crouch and dragons coil (idiom) / fig. forbidding terrain syn 邃户 邃戶 suì hù forbidding entrance to a large, quiet house 黑森森 hēi sēn sēn dark and forbidding 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 即可 jí kě equivalent to 就可以 / can then (do sth) / can immediately (do sth) / (do sth) and that will suffice 乐意 樂意 lè yì to be willing to do sth / to be ready to do sth / to be happy to do sth / content / satisfied syn 换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange / to exchange (sth) for (sth else) 改换 改換 gǎi huàn to change (sth) / to alter (sth) / to change over (to sth else) syn 塞给 塞給 sāi gěi to slip sb sth / to press sb to accept sth / to insert surreptitiously / to foist sth off on sb 异事 異事 yì shì sth else / a separate matter / not the same thing / with different jobs (not colleagues) / a remarkable thing / sth special / an odd thing / sth strange or incomprehensible 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 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 灭失 滅失 miè shī loss (of sth through natural disaster, theft etc) (law) 作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be syn 保留 bǎo liú to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later syn 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens) / if / once (sth happens, then...) / when / in a short time / in one day syn 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning) / revolution / revolutionary / to revolt (against sb or sth) / to revolutionize (sth) / (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) / CL:次[ci4] syn 加以 jiā yǐ in addition / moreover / (used before a disyllabic verb to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned) / to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb) / to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) syn 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth / to have sth on one's mind / there is something the matter 来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth) / it's too late (to do sth) syn 偏偏 piān piān (indicating that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately / as it happened / (indicating that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly / contrarily / against reason / (indicating that sb or a group is singled out) precisely / only / of all people syn 快要 kuài yào nearly at the point of (doing sth) / about to (do sth) syn 失落 shī luò to lose (sth) / to drop (sth) / to feel a sense of loss / frustrated / disappointment / loss 观赏 觀賞 guān shǎng to look at sth with pleasure / to watch (sth marvelous) / ornamental syn 不惜 bù xī not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth) syn 换成 換成 huàn chéng to exchange (sth) for (sth else) / to replace with / to convert into syn 不屑 bù xiè to disdain to do sth / to think sth not worth doing / to feel it beneath one's dignity syn 不服 bù fú not to accept sth / to want to have sth overruled or changed / to refuse to obey or comply / to refuse to accept as final / to remain unconvinced by / not to give in to syn 恨不得 hèn bu de wishing one could do sth / to hate to be unable / itching to do sth syn 自认 自認 zì rèn to believe (sth in relation to oneself) / to regard oneself as / to acknowledge (sth in relation to oneself) / to resign oneself to 不干 bù gàn unwilling to do sth / incapable of sth / to quit 协办 協辦 xié bàn to assist / to help sb do sth / to cooperate in doing sth syn 厌烦 厭煩 yàn fán bored / fed up with sth / sick of sth syn 接住 jiē zhù to catch (sth thrown etc) / to receive (sth given) / to accept 匮乏 匱乏 kuì fá to be deficient in sth / to be short of sth (supplies, money etc) syn 扑面 撲面 pū miàn lit. sth hits one in the face / directly in one's face / sth assaults the senses / blatant (advertising) / eye-catching / (a smell) assaults the nostrils syn 修好 xiū hǎo to repair (sth broken) / to restore (sth damaged) / to establish friendly relations with / (literary) to do meritorious deeds syn 半边 半邊 bàn biān half of sth / one side of sth 爱不释手 愛不釋手 ài bù shì shǒu (idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down / to find sth utterly irresistible syn 费心 費心 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth) / may I trouble you (to do sth) syn 善用 shàn yòng to be good at using (sth) / to put (sth) to good use syn 突显 突顯 tū xiǎn conspicuous / to make sth stand out / make sth prominent syn 名堂 míng tang item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 就着 就著 jiù zhe (eat sth) with (sth else) / taking advantage of / using 企盼 qǐ pàn to expect / to look forward to / anxious for sth / to hope (to get sth) syn 鸡肋 雞肋 jī lèi chicken ribs / sth of little value or interest / sth of dubious worth that one is reluctant to give up / to be physically weak 空置 kōng zhì to set sth aside / to let sth lie idle / idle / unused 平添 píng tiān to add or gain sth without additional effort / to add sth without good cause syn 吞吞吐吐 tūn tūn tǔ tǔ to hum and haw (idiom) / to mumble as if hiding sth / to speak and break off, then start again / to hold sth back syn 