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The character for law, "法", originates from a traditional form, "灋", which was a compound ideograph. This older form combined "氵" (water), suggesting impartiality and leveling, with "廌", a mythical one-horned beast believed to discern truth and gore the guilty, and "去" (to remove), indicating the expulsion of wrongdoing. Over time, the complex "廌" component was omitted, resulting in the simpler structure "法", composed of "氵" and "去". While the core concept of law and standard remained, its application broadened from a focus on penal judgment to encompass models, methods, and Buddhist doctrine, reflecting a semantic expansion from a specific punitive mechanism to a general principle of order and technique.
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这是一个好方法。
法律保护人民。
法国是个美丽的国家。
法官正在审理案件。
学习语法很有必要。
我们需要想办法解决。
我们必须依法办事。
这种教学方法很受学生欢迎。