付诸实施
fù zhū shí shī
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1 to put into practice
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2 to carry out (idiom)
以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
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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
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1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
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2 Might makes right.
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
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1 to challenge the law (idiom)
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2 to knowingly violate the law
倒行逆施
dào xíng nì shī
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1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
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2 to try to turn back history
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3 a perverse way of doing things
和尚打伞,无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
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1 lit. like a monk holding an umbrella — no hair, no sky (idiom) (punning on 髮|发[fà] vs 法[fǎ])
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2 fig. defying the law and the principles of heaven
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3 lawless
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
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1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
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1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
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1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
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2 to follow the same plan
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
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1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
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2 fig. to follow a set pattern
就地正法
jiù dì zhèng fǎ
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1 to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
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2 to carry out the law on the spot
己所不欲,勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
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1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
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2 Do as you would be done by.
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3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
徇私枉法
xùn sī wǎng fǎ
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1 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
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1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
情人眼里出西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū Xī shī
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1 lit. in the eyes of a lover appears 西施[Xī shī] (idiom); fig. beauty is in the eye of the beholder
情人眼里有西施
qíng rén yǎn lǐ yǒu Xī shī
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1 In the eyes of the lover, a famous beauty (idiom). Beauty in the eye of the beholder
想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
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1 to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
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2 to try this, that and the other
舍身求法
shě shēn qiú fǎ
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1 to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
施粥舍饭
shī zhōu shě fàn
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1 to provide alms and rice (idiom)
东施效颦
Dōng Shī xiào pín
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1 lit. Dong Shi imitates Xi Shi's frown (idiom)
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2 fig. to mimick sb's idiosyncrasies but make a fool of oneself