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 method

2 way

3 means

4 classifier: 个 gè

1 at a loss

2 unable to do anything about it

3 to have no choice

1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)

2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation

3 in dire straits

1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)

2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

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