1 variant: 法 fǎ

1 way of handling sth

2 method for making

3 work method

4 recipe

5 practice

6 classifier: 个 gè

1 to guard

2 to defend

3 to keep watch

4 to abide by the law

5 to observe (rules or ritual)

6 nearby

7 adjoining

1 to guard

2 to protect

1 way of thinking

2 opinion

3 notion

4 to think of a way (to do sth)

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 to substitute one's words for the law (idiom); high-handedly putting one's orders above the law

1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior

2 Might makes right.

1 to challenge the law (idiom)

2 to knowingly violate the law

1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])

2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven

3 lawless

1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut

2 diehard conservative attitudes