身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 额定 額定 é dìng specified (capacity, output etc) / rated (capacity, output etc) 法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 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 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 应 應 yīng to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall syn 造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 合法 hé fǎ lawful / legitimate / legal syn 量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn 提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn 效劳 效勞 xiào láo to serve (in some capacity) / to work for syn 潜力 潛力 qián lì potential / latent capacity 才能 cái néng talent / ability / capacity syn 效力 xiào lì effectiveness / positive effect / to serve (in some capacity) syn 被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 身为 身為 shēn wéi in the capacity of / as syn 客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for 法典 fǎ diǎn legal code / statute 合法化 hé fǎ huà to legalize / to make legal / legalization 依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law syn 见证人 見證人 jiàn zhèng rén eyewitness (to an incident) / witness (to a legal transaction) syn 酒量 jiǔ liàng capacity for liquor / how much one can drink 满堂 滿堂 mǎn táng whole audience / a sellout (capacity audience) / jam-packed 脑壳 腦殻 nǎo ké (coll.) head / skull / (fig.) brains (mental capacity) syn 容量 róng liàng capacity / volume / quantitative (science) 例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 满载 滿載 mǎn zài full to capacity / fully loaded syn 脑力 腦力 nǎo lì mental capacity syn 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn 饱和 飽和 bǎo hé saturated / filled to capacity syn 专案组 專案組 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial) 爆满 爆滿 bào mǎn filled to capacity (of theater, stadium, gymnasium etc) syn 底气 底氣 dǐ qì lung capacity / lung power / boldness / confidence / self-assurance / vigor 冲力 衝力 chōng lì momentum (the force exhibited by a moving body) / (fig.) momentum (capacity for progressive development) 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 对簿公堂 對簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 吃官司 chī guān sī to face legal action / to get sued syn 容积 容積 róng jī volume / capacity 出访 出訪 chū fǎng to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation 干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 心窍 心竅 xīn qiào the mind / capacity for clear thinking syn 正版 zhèng bǎn genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3] 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 载重 載重 zài zhòng load / carrying capacity syn 法理 fǎ lǐ legal principle / jurisprudence 余热 餘熱 yú rè residual heat / surplus heat / waste heat / (fig.) capacity of retirees to continue to work 雅量 yǎ liàng magnanimity / tolerance / high capacity for drinking syn 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region 维权 維權 wéi quán to defend (legal) rights 生产能力 生產能力 shēng chǎn néng lì manufacturing ability / production capacity 产能 產能 chǎn néng production capacity 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 错案 錯案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice) syn 承载力 承載力 chéng zài lì carrying capacity 发电量 發電量 fā diàn liàng (power station, solar panel etc) output / capacity 载重量 載重量 zài zhòng liàng dead weight / weight capacity of a vehicle 法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility / liability 法律顾问 法律顧問 fǎ lǜ gù wèn Legal Adviser 大容量 dà róng liàng high capacity 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) 排量 pái liàng discharge volume / engine capacity / engine displacement (volume of air fuel mixture drawn in during one cycle) 执政能力 執政能力 zhí zhèng néng lì governing capacity 能力建设 néng lì jiàn shè capacity-building 法律保护 fǎ lǜ bǎo hù legal protections 适应能力 適應能力 adaptive capacity 法律事务 fǎ lǜ shì wù Legal Services 法律网 法律網 Legal 法律地位 legal status 法律基础 法律基礎 legal basis 公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn 外商独资企业 外商獨資企業 wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4] 法制日报 法制日報 fǎ zhì rì bào Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice 肺活量 fèi huó liàng (medicine) vital capacity 酒力 jiǔ lì capacity for alcohol / ability to hold drink 法律制裁 fǎ lǜ zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law 江平 jiāng píng Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 法律委员会 法律委員會 fǎ lǜ wěi yuán huì Legal Committee 代书 代書 dài shū to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others) 案 àn (legal) case / incident / record / file / table syn 宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn 乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° 旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute syn 座无虚席 座無虛席 zuò wú xū xí lit. a banquet with no empty seats / full house / capacity crowd / standing room only syn 干爹 乾爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) 假案 jiǎ àn fabricated legal case / frame-up syn 干女儿 乾女兒 gān nǚ ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) 水流量 water-carrying capacity 干娘 乾娘 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 干儿子 乾兒子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 吃重 chī zhòng (of a role) arduous / important / (a vehicle's) loading capacity syn 载客量 載客量 zài kè liàng passenger capacity 装载量 裝載量 zhuāng zài liáng carrying capacity 