依法查处

依法查處

yīfǎcháchǔ

verb

Meanings

1 to investigate and punish according to law
2 to handle in accordance with the law

Characters

according to; to rely on

to handle; to punish

Examples

对违法行为要依法查处。

Duì wéifǎ xíngwéi yào yīfǎ cháchǔ.

Illegal acts must be investigated and dealt with according to law.

纪委对相关人员依法查处。

Jìwěi duì xiāngguān rényuán yīfǎ cháchǔ.

The disciplinary commission investigated and punished the relevant personnel in accordance with the law.

Tips

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A fixed legal/bureaucratic collocation, extremely common in official news about corruption cases and regulatory enforcement. 依法 (according to law) + 查处 (investigate and handle) is formulaic — you will rarely see 查处 without 依法 in official writing.

Stroke Order

依 yī

法 fǎ

查 chá

处 chù