法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) syn 条 條 tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn 亲 親 qìng parents-in-law of one's offspring syn 准 準 zhǔn accurate / standard / definitely / certainly / about to become (bride, son-in-law etc) / quasi- / para- syn 法律 fǎ lǜ law / CL:條|条[tiao2], 套[tao4], 個|个[ge4] syn 违反 違反 wéi fǎn to violate (a law) syn 法院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court syn 条款 條款 tiáo kuǎn clause (of contract or law) / CL:項|项[xiang4] syn 规律 規律 guī lǜ rule (e.g. of science) / law of behavior / regular pattern / rhythm / discipline syn 治安 zhì ān law and order / public security syn 判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn 裁判 cái pàn (law) to judge / to adjudicate / verdict / judgement / (sports) to referee / (sports) umpire / referee / judge syn 无辜 無辜 wú gū innocent / innocence / not guilty (law) syn 阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt / step-mother / childcare worker / nursemaid / woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense / to violate the law / excuse me! (formal) / see also 得罪[de2 zui5] syn 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriot syn 媳妇 媳婦 xí fù daughter-in-law / wife of a younger brother or relative of the younger generation syn 跟前 gēn qian (of children, parents etc) at one's side / living with one syn 女婿 nǚ xu daughter's husband / son-in-law syn 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife / sister-in-law syn 过失 過失 guò shī error / fault / (law) negligence / delinquency syn 殴打 毆打 ōu dǎ to beat up / to come to blows / battery (law) syn 供养 供養 gōng yǎng to supply / to provide for one's elders / to support one's parents syn 孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn 天理 tiān lǐ Heaven's law / the natural order of things syn 岳母 yuè mǔ wife's mother, mother-in-law syn 婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law 小姨子 xiǎo yí zi (coll.) wife's younger sister / sister-in-law (term not used to directly address her) 修法 xiū fǎ to amend a law 质证 質證 zhì zhèng examination of the evidence of the opposing party in a court of law 法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn 新妇 新婦 xīn fù bride / (dialect) daughter-in-law syn 纲纪 綱紀 gāng jì law and order syn 香港基本法 xiāng gǎng jī běn fǎ Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997) 省 xǐng (bound form) to scrutinize / (bound form) to reflect (on one's conduct) / (bound form) to come to realize / (bound form) to pay a visit (to one's parents or elders) syn 啃老族 kěn lǎo zú (coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents 父母 fù mǔ father and mother / parents syn 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman / the elderly / one's aged parents or grandparents syn 依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law syn 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld syn 违法 違法 wéi fǎ illegal / to break the law syn 执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement 人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn 知识产权 知識產權 zhī shi chǎn quán intellectual property rights (law) 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 法庭 fǎ tíng court of law syn 婆婆 pó po husband's mother / mother-in-law / grandma syn 律师事务所 律師事務所 lǜ shī shì wù suǒ law firm 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 法则 法則 fǎ zé law / rule / code syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn 管制 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations) syn 检察 檢察 jiǎn chá to inspect / (law) to prosecute / to investigate syn 守法 shǒu fǎ to abide by the law 政法 zhèng fǎ politics and law 刑法 xíng fǎ criminal 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 送达 送達 sòng dá to deliver / to serve notice (law) 执法人员 執法人員 zhí fǎ rén yuán law enforcer 一审 一審 yī shěn first instance (law) 宝藏 寶藏 bǎo zàng precious mineral deposits / hidden treasure / (fig.) treasure / (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law syn 债权 債權 zhài quán creditor's rights (law) 公公 gōng gong husband's father / father-in-law / grandpa / grandad / (old) form of address for a eunuch syn 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) 女婿 nǚ xù daughter's husband / son-in-law 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) 税法 稅法 shuì fǎ tax code / tax law 公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law 亲生 親生 qīn shēng one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth) / biological (parents) / birth (parents) syn 诉讼法 訴訟法 sù sòng fǎ procedural law 法案 fǎ àn bill / proposed law syn 委托人 wěi tuō rén (law) client / trustor syn 连带责任 連帶責任 lián dài zé rèn to bear joint responsibility for sth / joint liability (law) 民法 mín fǎ civil law 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) syn 法学院 法學院 fǎ xué yuàn law school 废止 廢止 fèi zhǐ to repeal (a law) / to put an end to / abolition / annulled syn 自然人 zì rán rén natural person (law) / see also 法人[fa3 ren2] 庇护 庇護 bì hù to shelter / to protect / to provide refuge / (law) asylum syn 合同法 hé tong fǎ contract law 时效 時效 shí xiào timeliness / period of viability or validity / (law) prescription / limitation / (metallurgy) aging 所生 suǒ shēng parents (father and mother) 岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law syn 普法 pǔ fǎ to disseminate knowledge of the law 施法 shī fǎ to implement the law / to perform sorcery 联保 聯保 lián bǎo joint guarantee (finance, law) 爹娘 diē niáng (dialect) parents syn 法网 法網 fǎ wǎng the net of justice / the long arm of the law syn 娘家 niáng jia married woman's parents' home syn 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony / (fig.) to take as one's wife / to marry (a woman) syn 双亲 雙親 shuāng qīn parents syn 孝敬 xiào jìng to show filial respect / to give presents (to one's elders or superiors) / to support one's aged parents syn 父母亲 父母親 fù mǔ qīn parents syn 改口 gǎi kǒu to change one's tune / to modify one's previous remark / to change the way one addresses sb (as when one marries and starts to call one's husband's parents 爸爸[ba4 ba5] and 媽媽|妈妈[ma1 ma5]) syn 附则 附則 fù zé supplementary provision / bylaw / additional article (law) 