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"legal principle" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
法理 fǎ lǐ legal principle / jurisprudence
Chinese Pinyin Translation
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but / then / (bound form) standard / norm / (bound form) principle / (literary) to imitate / to follow / classifier for written items syn
道理 dào li reason / argument / sense / principle / basis / justification / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
原则 原則 yuán zé principle / doctrine / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
原理 yuán lǐ principle / theory syn
本着 本著 běn zhe based on... / in conformance with.. / taking as one's main principle 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
同道 tóng dào same principle syn
违纪 違紀 wéi jì lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle syn
民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
纲领 綱領 gāng lǐng program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle syn
节操 節操 jié cāo integrity / moral principle syn
明哲保身 míng zhé bǎo shēn a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom) / to put one's own safety before matters of principle syn
仗义执言 仗義執言 zhàng yì zhí yán to speak out for justice (idiom) / to take a stand on a matter of principle syn
通则 通則 tōng zé general rule / general principle
科学发展观 科學發展觀 kē xué fā zhǎn guān Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding principle for the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao 胡錦濤|胡锦涛[Hu2 Jin3 tao1], incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007
基本原则 基本原則 jī běn yuán zé fundamental doctrine / guiding principle / raison d'être
原则上 原則上 yuán zé shang in principle / generally
基本原理 jī běn yuán lǐ fundamental principle
法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid
大道理 dà dào li major principle / general truth / sermon (reproof) / bombastic talk syn
有效成分 active principle
学理 學理 xué lǐ scientific principle / theoretical standpoint
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
务虚 務虛 wù xū to discuss matters of principle (as opposed to concrete issues)
一团和气 一糰和氣 yī tuán hé qì (idiom) to keep on the right side of everyone (often at the expense of principle) syn
格致 格緻 gé zhì to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (abbr. for 格物致知[ge2 wu4 zhi4 zhi1]) / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
表字 biǎo zì literary name (an alternative name of a person stressing a moral principle) / courtesy name syn
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.) / sun / male principle (Taoism) / Yang, opposite: 陰|阴[yin1] syn
乾 gān surname Qian / strong / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦 representing sky / male principle syn
纲 綱 gāng head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program syn
金科玉律 jīn kē yù lǜ golden rule / key principle syn
老皇历 老皇曆 lǎo huáng lì (lit.) past years' almanac / (fig.) ancient history / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle syn
兼爱 兼愛 jiān ài "universal love", principle advocated by Mozi 墨子[Mo4 zi3], stressing that people should care for everyone equally
不可知论 不可知論 bù kě zhī lùn agnosticism, the philosophical doctrine that some questions about the universe are in principle unanswerable
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
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
提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn
被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn
法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn
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
例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period
法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies
法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn
专案组 專案組 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial)
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
干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) 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
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
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
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
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)
法律保护 fǎ lǜ bǎo hù legal protections
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
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
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)
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
慈悲为本 慈悲為本 cí bēi wéi běn mercy as the guiding principle (idiom) / the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
操斧伐柯 cāo fǔ fá kē (cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
格物致知 gé wù zhì zhī to study the underlying principle to acquire knowledge (idiom) / pursuing knowledge to the end
民权主义 民權主義 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
民生主义 民生主義 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
隔年皇历 隔年皇曆 gé nián huáng lì lit. almanac from years back (idiom) / obsolete practice / old-fashioned principle
奉为圭臬 奉為圭臬 fèng wéi guī niè to take as a guiding principle (idiom)
一体和相互关系原则 一體和相互關系原則 principle of integration and interrelationship, in particular in relation to human rights and social, economic and environmental objectives / principle of integration and interrelationship / integration principle
区分原则 區分原則 discrimination principle / principle of distinction / principle of discrimination
区别原则 區別原則 discrimination principle / principle of distinction / principle of discrimination
可审计原则 kě shěn jì yuán zé auditability principle / principle of auditability
各国主权平等原则 gè guó zhǔ quán píng děng yuán zé principle of sovereign equality of all States / principle of sovereign equality
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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