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Part of speech
noun
Vocabulary level
intermediate
Homonyms
2
Derivative
법적02, 법적01
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법이 [버비 ]
법도 [법또 ]
법만 [범만 ]

law; act

A set of regulations and rules that the state institutes for all citizens to comply with.

Idioms

법 없이 살다

live without the law

For a person to be so upright and nice that he/she would not commit a crime if there is no law.

Proverbs

법은 멀고 주먹은 가깝다

The law is far and the fist is close

When people get angry, they tend to use violence to deal with a problem instead of dialogue or law.

The law is far and the fist is close

It is sometimes better to solve a problem by using violence rather than law.