法治
fǎ zhì
Pinyin

Definition

法治
 - 
fǎ zhì
  1. rule of law
  2. to rule by law

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 variant: 法 fǎ
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 classifier: 个 gè
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 classifier: 个 gè
zhèng zhì
  1. 1 politics
  2. 2 political
fāng fǎ
  1. 1 method
  2. 2 way
  3. 3 means
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

以其人之道,还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
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
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