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法
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Definitions
- 1. France
- 2. French
- 3. Taiwan pr. [fà]
- 4. law
- 5. method
- 6. way
- 7. to emulate
- 8. (Buddhism) dharma
Example Sentences
1 shown他會說 法 語，英語當然也會說。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 法
patriarchal clan system
artichoke
circuit court
Pennsylvania
to be executed
indexing system for Chinese characters in a dictionary
to bring to justice
bond (in building)
quorum
according to the law
hydroponics
to disseminate knowledge of the law
chiropractic therapy
morphological awareness
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
optometry
to imitate
Faroe Islands
arithmetic
legal principle
magic trick
Faku county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
French horn
method of relieving pain
(law) statute of limitations
judicial
normal force (physics)
France (phonetic transliteration)
law school
appeals court
to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
irony
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia
therapy
psychotherapy
Franklin (name)
to abide by the law
The Lotus Sutra
footwork
homeopathy (alternative medicine)
technique
nasal feeding
Sun Bin's \The Art of War\
moxibustion (TCM)
judicial auction
Rafah, city in Palestine
dialectics
method of music notation
methodology
judicial independence
China Law Society
(Maoism) one divides into two
relaxation (alternative medicine)
Frenchman
Lucifer (Satan's name before his fall in Jewish and Christian mythology)
marriage law
Pennsylvania
way of handling sth
basic law (constitutional document)
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
new spelling (linguistics)
grammar
French language
(a) law
legislature
City Urban Administrative and Law Enforcement Bureau (PRC)
Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE)
Flanders, region (state) of Belgium 比利時|比利时[bǐ lì shí]
diversionary tactic; smokescreen
fencing
division (math.)
public security authorities, acronym from 公安局[gōng ān jú], 檢察院|检察院[jiǎn chá yuàn] and 法院[fǎ yuàn]
flannel (loanword)
Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
magic
Constitutional Court
aromatherapy (alternative medicine)
teaching method
martial law
International war crimes tribunal
Air France
rules of arithmetic
Jehoshaphat, fourth king of Judah (Judaism)
court ruling
teaching method
court-martial; military tribunal
Sino-French War (1883-1885) (concerning French seizure of Vietnam)
University of Pennsylvania
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
organic law
Faraday (name)
traditional method
illegal
public law
liability
drill rules
singing style
lawless
case law
Buddha's teaching
Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019
to submit to the law
usage
orthography (linguistics)
reductio ad absurdum
morphology (linguistics)
indirect, psychological method of getting sb to do as one wishes (e.g. questioning whether they are up to the task)
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
repetition
tax code
legitimacy
Burkina Faso
optometry
Air France
Perez (son of Judah)
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[yà xī ěr · ā lā fǎ tè]
decree; ordinance
criminal court
to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
to break the law
Coraciiformes, class of birds including kingfishers and hornbills
the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France)
to rule according to the law
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
calculus of variations
art of war
negotiable instruments act
lawful
style of writing (literary style)
gate to enlightment (Buddhism)
religious ceremony
The net of justice is wide, but no-one escapes.
law
“Methods of Sima”, also called “Sima Rangju’s Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], written by Sima Rangju 司馬穰苴|司马穰苴[sī mǎ ráng jū]
enchantment
the sieve method (for primes)
legislative committee
to bring to justice; to hand over to the law
binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)
legal sanction
the rules and discipline that apply within a family
judicial authorities
fundamental law
plane tree (Platanus x acerifolia)
entrapment (law)
(doing sth) in the right way
French Revolution (1789)
to propagate Buddhist teachings
(bird species of China) European roller (Coracias garrulus)
Farouk of Egypt (1920-1965), king of Egypt 1936-1952
“Art of War”, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū], written by Sun Tzu 孫子|孙子[sūn zǐ]
to carry out official duties and observe the law
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I
to amend a law
to fall into the net of justice (idiom); finally arrested
temporary law
calligraphy
legal force (i.e. binding in law)
mnemotechnic method
China-France (cooperation); Sino-French
Farkas (Hungarian name)
to loaf about
Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)
Flushing Chinatown, a predominantly Chinese and Korean neighborhood of Queens, New York City
argumentation
to abuse power to crush the law
natural therapy
pronunciation; reading (of a Chinese character)
boxing
there is no alternative
Hong Kong Basic Law (in effect since the resumption of Chinese sovereignty in 1997)
law
heuristic method
can find methods
court of law
Famagusta (Ammochostos), Cyprus
at a loss
syntactic analysis
Nordrhein-Westfalen, state of Germany
Jaffa (Israel)
implosion atomic bomb
procedural law
baguette
to circumvent the law
decimal system
to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
statute
international law
criminal procedure
Faku county in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
finite element method
illegal
fascist (loanword)
magic staff
meshless method (numerical simulation)
rule of law
rough-and-ready method
Stade de France
method of coordinates (geometry)
trigonometry (math.)
unspeakable
move (in chess or martial arts)
the eight methods of bonesetting
convention
Trafalgar Square (London)
syntax
intonation
Shang Yang's political reform of Qin state 秦國|秦国 of 356 BC and 350 BC, that put it on the road to world domination
to punish according to the law
No Child Left Behind Act, USA 2001
solution (to a math problem)
Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943
to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
incurable
course of action
customary law
patent law
treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health
civil code
magic power
monk who has mastered the scriptures; (esp.) Xuanzang 玄奘[xuán zàng] (602-664)
Francis (name)
it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
corporations law; company law; corporate law
Trafalgar Square (London)
the law
Gram stain (used to distinguished two different kinds of bacteria)
bel canto
to enact laws
the Talmud
fire cupping (acupressure technique of Chinese medicine, with fired vacuum cup applied to the skin)
deductive reasoning
normal line to a surface
regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom); maverick
Tour de France cycle race
law
idiom
to expound Buddhist teachings
multiplicative inverse (math.)
military strategy
Duan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer
general counsel
National protection war or Campaign to defend the republic (1915), a rebellion against the installation of Yuan Shikai as emperor
pose or motion of one's body in martial arts
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist
magician
violent method
execution ground
Liuhe Bafa - \Six Harmonies
with no regard for law or discipline (idiom); flouting the law and disregarding all rules
multiplication
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
mnemonic method
five stroke input method for Chinese characters by numbered strokes, invented by Wang Yongmin 王永民 in 1983
Legislative Yuan, the legislative branch of government under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[bái shé zhuàn]
warfarin (loanword)
to disregard the law
principal normal vector (to a space curve)
fiat currency
French Open (tennis tournament)
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
Ferrari
Doctor of Laws
Hōryūji, complex of Buddhist temples near Nara 奈良, Japan, dating back to the Asuka period 飛鳥時代|飞鸟时代 (c. 600)
to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
France
to try
Pennsylvania
(finance) dollar cost averaging
Fatah, Palestinian organization
etiquette
forensics
Falun Gong (Chinese spiritual movement founded in 1992, regarded as a cult by the PRC government)
motherfucker (loanword)
to transmit Buddhist teaching
criminal law
Isfahan province and city in central Iran
methodology
Inquisition (religion)
statutory; law-based; legal
hydroponics
Guardian Council, body of 12 appointed clerics which governs Iran
nose-acupuncture therapy
Sakyamuni
to play (a card)
Human Rights law (Hong Kong)
calendar science
to break the law
solution
Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland
therapy
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
to enforce a law
to execute
the three judicial chief ministries (in imperial China)
law and government; law and politics
regime (diet)
radiotherapy
painting technique
Francophobia
blinding
European Court of Justice
way of eating
alkali test
Ba Fa Quan \Eight Methods\ - Martial Art
Alfa Romeo
politics and law
the Frankfurt Motor Show
prophylaxis
French press
French Revolution (1789-1799)
motherfucker (loanword)
Legalist School of the Warring States Period (475-221 BC) founded by Han Fei 韓非|韩非[hán fēi] and Li Si 李斯[lǐ sī], which influenced Shang Yang 商鞅[shāng yāng], whose reforms strengthened the Qin state 秦國|秦国[qín guó], eventually enabling it to conquer rival states and unify China under the Qin dynasty 秦朝[qín cháo]
chemotherapy
\legal quotient\ (LQ), a measure of one's awareness and knowledge of the law and one's standard of honorable conduct
means
conflict of laws
to challenge the law (idiom)
France
the axiomatic method
Archimedes' method of exhaustion (an early form of integral calculus)
French (language)
Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
Legislative Affairs Office, LAO (PRC)
unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution
synecdoche
subtraction
Frankfurt School
procedural law
Haifa (city in Israel)
phonetic transcription
protector deities of Buddhist law
binormal vector (to a space curve)
wording (of a proposal)
method
technique
Fayed (name)
illusion
to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
induction (method of deduction in logic)
to talk from one's personal experience
antitrust legislation
gavel
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery)
eight methods of treatment (TCM)
fascism
Monte Carlo method (math.)
State Council Legislative Affairs Bureau (PRC)
common law
law and order
multiplication table
way of looking at a thing
fuck (loanword)
antifa (loanword)
completing the square (method of solving quadratic equation, math.)
marksmanship
diplomatic immunity
method of counting (e.g. decimal or Roman numbers)
physiotherapy
the seat of the Law, on which the one who explains the doctrine is seated (Buddhism)
to perform conjuring tricks
forensic investigator
Agence France Presse
to bring to justice; to hand over to the law
(Buddhist) religious assembly
reflexology (alternative medicine)
Pareto principle
chemical colorimetry
Gestalt therapy
application of a hot compress (TCM)
case law
look-up method for Chinese characters
corruption and abuse of the law (idiom); to take bribes and bend the law
bill
to legalize
Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia
Capernaum (biblical town on the Sea of Galilee)
the analytic method
(bird species of China) Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis)
(chemical) synthesis
irreplaceable
to implement the law
(computing) CamelCase
to break the law and violate the rules (idiom)
to pass on doctrines from master to disciple (Buddhism)
perspective drawing
contract law
look-up method for Chinese characters
private law
administrative law
legislative council
binomial nomenclature (taxonomy)
calculation
treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
national law
Ephraim (city)
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
back propagation algorithm
way of thinking; opinion; notion
Legislative Council of Macao
French Guiana
legal system and institutions
Supreme People's Court (PRC)
smile lines
time reckoning
spelling
Fatimah (name)
Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha, archaic)
robe of a Buddhist priest
bioanalytical method
immunization
laws and decrees
calligrapher
China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, with undergraduate campus at Changping 昌平[chāng píng], and graduate campus in Haidian district 海澱區|海淀区[hǎi diàn qū]
maritime court
Chief Justice
(music) fingering
High Court
person who has no understanding of legal matters
criminal procedure
notation
Fayuan or Source of the Law temple in Beijing
Swiss franc (currency)
to keep the law
grand justice
court of law
legislation
Hong Kong National Security Law (from 30th June 2020)
alpha particle (helium nucleus)
scat singing
regional court
Halifax (name)
Origin of Dharma (in Buddhism)
bone structure and physiognomy
Alfa Romeo
outside the law
optometry
Monte Carlo method (math.)
Yogācāra school of Buddhism
election court
name in religion (of Buddhist or Daoist within monastery)
Air France
Lafargue (name)
to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
anti-secession law of 2005 (whereby PRC claims the right to invade Taiwan)
French dressing
Persian Safavid Dynasty 1501-1722
grammatical term
flange (loanword)
The Lotus Sutra
right to protection by law (law)
Anglo-French
L'Hôpital's rule (math.)
law
one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
orthography
another name for 法輪功|法轮功[fǎ lún gōng]
grammar
jurisdiction
criminal court
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
fatwa (loanword)
to change the laws
Tiefa city and former county, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
to violate the constitution
technique of writing
unable
supreme court
extrapolation (math.)
nomenclature
alternative name for 六韜|六韬[liù tāo], one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
Supreme Court of the United States
jurist
don't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation)
constitution (of a country)
Tour de France cycle race
county court
It is hard to escape the dragnet of the law
interests protected by law
Roman law
Jaffa (Israeli port)
Afar region of northeast Ethiopia
Pharisee
people's court (of law)
Tiefa city, now Tieling, county-level city 鐵嶺市|铁岭市[tiě lǐng shì], Liaoning
imperial law
see 法衣[fǎ yī]
perspective (in drawing)
Trafalgar
International Court of Justice in The Hague
Ministry of Justice (PRC etc)
unwritten law
discerning eye
multiplication table
natural law
syntactic awareness
franc
Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871)
Maulana Fazlullah, Pakistan Taleban leader
Mosaic Law
civil law
synthesis
synecdoche
Law on the National Emblem of the PRC, promulgated in 1991
brilliant plan
to simmer
aromatherapy
the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
normal vector
Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
see 徇私枉法[xùn sī wǎng fǎ]
triangulation (surveying)
cooking method
pharaoh (loanword)
way
legal person
descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
French style
Taiwan Relations Act (of US Congress, 1979)
Frankfurt (Germany)
Court of Final Appeal
the Eternal Wheel of life in Buddhism
lexical decision task
input method
there is nothing to be done
system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
law of Moses
cuisine
Reiki (palm healing)
Buffalo, New York state
way of speaking
to agree on three laws (idiom)
Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga
at a loss
illegal
Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice
baguette (bread)
Bachelor of Laws
phonetic transcription
reductio ad absurdum
legal (proceedings)
French Polynesia
cooking method
farad, SI unit of electrical capacitance (loanword)
Kefalonia, Greek Island in the Ionian sea
judicial officer
International Court of Justice
spectrophotometry
dictionary arrangement of Chinese characters under radicals
alpha (Greek letter Αα)
fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
move (in chess or martial arts)
judge (in court)
alkali pulp
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
French army
trial judge
addition
to play fast and loose with the law
running style
intolerable
legal code
lawbreaker; outlaw
bailiff
the one and only way
bill of rights
Fabi, first currency issued by the 國民黨|国民党[guó mín dǎng] in 1935, in use until 1948
hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
(law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc)
stitch