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 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
以言代法
yǐ yán dài fǎ
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
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
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
舍身求法
shě shēn qiú fǎ
1 to abandon one's body in the search for Buddha's truth (idiom)
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
1 political and military achievements (idiom)
治丧从俭
zhì sàng cóng jiǎn
1 to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
治大国若烹小鲜
zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān
1 ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
2 effective government requires minimal intervention
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
2 undisciplined and out of control
目无法纪
mù wú fǎ jì
1 with no regard for law or discipline (idiom); flouting the law and disregarding all rules
2 in complete disorder
知法犯法
zhī fǎ fàn fǎ
1 to know the law and break it (idiom); consciously going against the rules
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