排华法案
pái Huá fǎ àn
Pinyin

Definition

排华法案
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pái Huá fǎ àn
  1. Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

安排
ān pái
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to plan
  3. 3 to set up
  4. 4 arrangements
  5. 5 plans
想法
xiǎng fǎ
  1. 1 way of thinking
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 notion
  4. 4 to think of a way (to do sth)
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
排
pái
  1. 1 a row
  2. 2 a line
  3. 3 to set in order
  4. 4 to arrange
  5. 5 to line up
  6. 6 to eliminate
  7. 7 to drain
  8. 8 to push open
  9. 9 platoon
  10. 10 raft
  11. 11 classifier for lines, rows etc
排名
pái míng
  1. 1 to rank (1st, 2nd etc)
  2. 2 ranking
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
排队
pái duì
  1. 1 to line up
方法
fāng fǎ
  1. 1 method
  2. 2 way
  3. 3 means
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
无法
wú fǎ
  1. 1 unable
  2. 2 incapable
答案
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
办法
bàn fǎ
  1. 1 means
  2. 2 method
  3. 3 way (of doing sth)
  4. 4 CL:條|条[tiáo],個|个[gè]
魔法
mó fǎ
  1. 1 enchantment
  2. 2 magic
法
fǎ
  1. 1 variant of 法[fǎ]
佛法
fó fǎ
  1. 1 Dharma (the teachings of the Buddha)
  2. 2 Buddhist doctrine
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
依法
yī fǎ
  1. 1 legal (proceedings)
  2. 2 according to law
做法
zuò fǎ
  1. 1 way of handling sth
  2. 2 method for making
  3. 3 work method
  4. 4 recipe
  5. 5 practice
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
司法
sī fǎ
  1. 1 judicial
  2. 2 (administration of) justice
吃法
chī fǎ
  1. 1 way of eating
  2. 2 how something is eaten
  3. 3 how a dish is prepared
  4. 4 the way a dish is to be cooked
合法
hé fǎ
  1. 1 lawful
  2. 2 legitimate
  3. 3 legal
图案
tú àn
  1. 1 design
  2. 2 pattern

Idioms (20)

以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law
以言代法，以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
  1. 1 to challenge the law (idiom)
  2. 2 to knowingly violate the law
力排众议
lì pái zhòng yì
  1. 1 to stand one's ground against the opinion of the masses (idiom)
和尚打伞，无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
  1. 1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
  2. 2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
  3. 3 lawless
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
  1. 1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
大排长龙
dà pái cháng lóng
  1. 1 to form a long queue (idiom)
  2. 2 (of cars) to be bumper to bumper
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 to follow the same plan
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern
就地正法
jiù dì zhèng fǎ
  1. 1 to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
  2. 2 to carry out the law on the spot
徇私枉法
xùn sī wǎng fǎ
  1. 1 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
  1. 1 to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
  2. 2 to try this, that and the other
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
舍身求法
shě shēn qiú fǎ
  1. 1 to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
排山倒海
pái shān dǎo hǎi
  1. 1 lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 fig. gigantic
  3. 3 of spectacular significance
排忧解难
pái yōu jiě nàn
  1. 1 to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
排难解纷
pái nàn jiě fēn
  1. 1 to remove perils and solve disputes (idiom); to reconcile differences

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