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刑法

xíngfǎ

criminal law

Scales of justice standing before an open law book
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Characters in this word

刑 xíng

Strokes
6
Radical
刂 — knife
Made of
开 to open 刂 knife
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 刑

法 fǎ

Strokes
8
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 去 to go away, to leave, to depart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 刑法的核心并不是报复,而是通过明确边界维护公共秩序。 Xíngfǎ de héxīn bìng bú shì bàofù, ér shì tōngguò míngquè biānjiè wéihù gōnggòng zhìxù. The core of criminal law is not revenge, but maintaining public order by clearly defining boundaries.
  • 学习刑法之前,必须先了解基本的法律概念。 Xuéxí xíngfǎ zhīqián, bìxū xiān liǎojiě jīběn de fǎlǜ gàiniàn. Before studying criminal law, one must first understand basic legal concepts.
  • 这部刑法已经实施多年,经历过几次修改。 Zhè bù xíngfǎ yǐjīng shíshī duō nián, jīnglì guò jǐ cì xiūgǎi. This criminal law has been in force for many years and has gone through several revisions.

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