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 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
2 Might makes right.
以身试法
yǐ shēn shì fǎ
1 to challenge the law (idiom)
2 to knowingly violate the law
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
和尚打伞，无法无天
hé shang dǎ sǎn , wú fǎ wú tiān
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
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
大错特错
dà cuò tè cuò
1 to be gravely mistaken (idiom)
如法泡制
rú fǎ pào zhì
1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
2 to follow the same plan
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
2 fig. to follow a set pattern
就地正法
jiù dì zhèng fǎ
1 to execute on the spot (idiom); summary execution
2 to carry out the law on the spot
徇私枉法
xùn sī wǎng fǎ
1 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
想方设法
xiǎng fāng shè fǎ
1 to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means
2 to try this, that and the other
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
拉家带口
lā jiā dài kǒu
1 to bear the burden of a household (idiom); encumbered by a family
2 tied down by family obligations
舍身求法
shě shēn qiú fǎ
1 to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
东拉西扯
dōng lā xī chě
1 to talk about this and that (idiom); to ramble incoherently
法网难逃
fǎ wǎng nán táo
1 it is hard to escape the net of justice (idiom)
法轮常转
Fǎ lún cháng zhuàn
1 the Wheel turns constantly (idiom); Buddhist teaching will overcome everything
无法无天
wú fǎ wú tiān
1 regardless of the law and of natural morality (idiom); maverick