执法如山 — Chinese idiom
执法如山
zhí fǎ rú shān
Traditional: 執法如山
Meaning
- to maintain the law as firm as a mountain ; to enforce the law strictly
Character by character
- 执zhíto execute; to grasp, to hold; to keep; to sieze,
- 法fǎlaw, rule, statute; method, way; French
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 山shānmountain, hill, peak
Idioms sharing a character
- 仗义执言 zhàng yì zhí yán
- 各执一词 gè zhí yī cí
- 各执己见 gè zhí jǐ jiàn
- 执迷不悟 zhí mí bù wù
- 择善固执 zé shàn gù zhí
- 以言代法 yǐ yán dài fǎ
- 以身试法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ
- 如法炮制 rú fǎ páo zhì
- 就地正法 jiù dì zhèng fǎ
- 徇私枉法 xùn sī wǎng fǎ
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