不知者不罪 bù zhī zhě bù zuì One who does not know is not guilty / If one does not know any better, one cannot be held responsible 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) 天网恢恢 天網恢恢 tiān wǎng huī huī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law syn 天网恢恢，疏而不失 天網恢恢，疏而不失 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù shī lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law 天网恢恢，疏而不漏 天網恢恢，疏而不漏 tiān wǎng huī huī , shū ér bù lòu lit. heaven's net has wide meshes, but nothing escapes it (idiom, from Laozi 73) / fig. the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape / you can't run from the long arm of the law 不会 不會 bù huì improbable / unlikely / will not (act, happen etc) / not able / not having learned to do sth / (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it / not at all syn 不惜 bù xī not stint / not spare / not hesitate (to do sth) / not scruple (to do sth) syn 不依 bù yī not to comply / not to go along with / not to let off easily / not to let sb get away with it syn 未 wèi not yet / did not / have not / not / 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep / ancient Chinese compass point: 210° syn 不尽然 不盡然 bù jìn rán not always / not entirely / not necessarily so / not entirely correct 承认控罪 承認控罪 chéng rèn kòng zuì guilty plea (law) 无罪 無罪 wú zuì innocent / guileless / not guilty (of crime) 辩称 辯稱 biàn chēng to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty) 疏而不漏 shū ér bù lòu loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子[Lao3 zi3]) / the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape 不服罪 bù fú zuì to deny a crime / to plead not guilty 提出抗辩 提出抗辯 tí chū kàng biàn to plead (not guilty) / to enter a plea 无罪抗辩 無罪抗辯 wú zuì kàng biàn plea of not guilty 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 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 不得 bù dé must not / may not / not to be allowed / cannot syn 不仅 不僅 bù jǐn not just / not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) syn 不足 bù zú insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not syn 不大 bù dà not very / not too / not often syn 不必 bù bì need not / does not have to / not necessarily syn 不算 bù suàn to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as) / to have no weight syn 并未 並未 bìng wèi (used to stress that sth did not turn out as one might have expected) did not actually ... / has not actually ... syn 无须 無須 wú xū need not / not obliged to / not necessarily syn 不符 bù fú inconsistent / not in agreement with / not agree or tally with / not conform to syn 不单 不單 bù dān not the only / not merely / not simply syn 不 bù no / not so / (bound form) not / un- / variant of 不 / (negative prefix) / not / no syn 未及 wèi jí to not have had time / to have not yet / not to touch upon 实景 實景 shí jǐng real scene (not set up or posed) / real location (not a film studio set or theater) / live action (not animation) syn 不闻不问 不聞不問 bù wén bù wèn not to hear, not to question (idiom) / to show no interest in sth / uncritical / not in the least concerned syn 无独有偶 無獨有偶 wú dú yǒu ǒu not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.) / not a unique occurrence / it's not the only case syn 未始 wèi shǐ not necessarily / may not turn out to be / maybe not syn 不足为训 不足為訓 bù zú wéi xùn not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative syn 名不副实 名不副實 míng bù fù shí the name does not reflect the reality (idiom) / more in name than in fact / Reality does not live up to the name. / Excellent theory, but the practice does not bear it out. syn 不避斧钺 不避斧鉞 bù bì fǔ yuè not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed 善者不辩，辩者不善 善者不辯，辯者不善 shàn zhě bù biàn , biàn zhě bù shàn Good words are not persuasive, persuasive words are not good (idiom, from Laozi 老子 81). Do not be taken in by appearances. 天机不可泄漏 天機不可泄漏 tiān jī bù kě xiè lòu lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom) / must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you. 天机不可泄露 天機不可泄露 tiān jī bù kě xiè lù lit. mysteries of heaven must not be revealed (idiom) / must not be revealed / I am not at liberty to inform you. 不为过 不為過 bù wéi guò not an exaggeration / not excessive / not wide of the mark 愧疚 kuì jiù to feel guilty / to feel ashamed of oneself / to be remorseful syn 内疚 內疚 nèi jiù guilty conscience / to feel a twinge of guilt syn 有罪 yǒu zuì guilty 心虚 心虛 xīn xū lacking in confidence / diffident / to have a guilty conscience syn 失职 失職 shī zhí to neglect one's duty / to be guilty of dereliction of duty syn 认罪 認罪 rèn zuì to admit guilt / to plead guilty syn 罪大恶极 罪大惡極 zuì dà è jí guilty of terrible crimes (idiom) / reprehensible syn 做贼心虚 做賊心虛 zuò zéi xīn xū to feel guilty as a thief (idiom) / to have sth on one's conscience syn 连坐 連坐 lián zuò to treat as guilty those associated with an offender (family, neighbors etc) 获罪 獲罪 huò zuì to be deemed guilty / to be convicted 负疚 負疚 fù jiù (literary) to feel apologetic / to feel guilty syn 恶贯满盈 惡貫滿盈 è guàn mǎn yíng lit. strung through and filled with evil (idiom) / filled with extreme evil / replete with vice / guilty of monstrous crimes syn 服罪 fú zuì to admit to a crime / to plead guilty 问心有愧 問心有愧 wèn xīn yǒu kuì to have a guilty conscience syn 罪有应得 罪有應得 zuì yǒu yīng dé guilty and deserves to be punished (idiom) / entirely appropriate chastisement / the punishment fits the crime 伏辯 fú biàn to admit one's guilt / to plead guilty / also written 服辯|服辯[fu2 bian4] 恶人先告状 惡人先告狀 è rén xiān gào zhuàng the guilty party files the suit / the thief cries thief 亏心 虧心 kuī xīn a guilty conscience syn 有罪的 guilty (adj) 有过失的 有過失的 guilty (adj) 有亏职守 有虧職守 yǒu kuī zhí shǒu (to be guilty of) dereliction of duty 心里有鬼 心裡有鬼 xīn li yǒu guǐ to have secret motives / to have a guilty conscience 反污 fǎn wū to accuse the victim (while being the guilty party) 供认不讳 供認不諱 gòng rèn bù huì to make a full confession / to plead guilty syn 各打五十大板 gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom) / fig. to punish the guilty and the innocent alike / to put the blame on both parties 供认不讳 供認不諱 gòng rèn - bù huì to make a full confession / to plead guilty syn 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 