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 way of thinking

2 opinion

3 notion

4 to think of a way (to do sth)

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 government

2 classifier: 个 gè

1 politics

2 political

1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)

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 honest and industrious government functionaries (idiom)