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 announce

2 to make public

3 to publish

1 Lü Bu (-198), general and warlord

1 to declare

2 to announce

3 to proclaim

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 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly