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 enter

2 to go into

3 to join

4 to become a member of

5 to confirm or agree with

6 abbr. for 入聲|入声[rù shēng]

1 to check in (at a hotel etc)

1 entrance

2 to import

1 to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)

1 lit. to drop a thousand zhang in one fall (idiom)

2 fig. (of business, popularity etc) to suffer a sudden, devastating decline

3 to take a dive

1 (idiom) everything broken and in disorder

1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)

2 fig. to go to great lengths

3 to search heaven and earth

1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)

2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope

3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation