服法

fúfǎ
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to submit to the law
  2. 2 to obey the law
  3. 3 (noun) method of taking medicine

Examples

Zuìfàn rènzuì fúfǎ.
The criminal pleaded guilty and submitted to the law.
Qǐng zǐxì yuèdú yàopǐn fúfǎ.
Please read the medication's directions for use carefully.

Tips

usage
Two distinct senses share the same writing. in '认罪服法' means 'to submit/yield' (as in 服从); in pharmacology means 'to take (medicine)' (as in 服药). Context disambiguates.
mistakes
Don't confuse with 伏法 (fúfǎ, same pinyin) which specifically means 'to be executed under the law' — a much narrower legal meaning.

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