📖 Meaning
To break legal statutes and trifle with the law; to flagrantly violate established laws and regulations. It is synonymous with the more common form 违条犯法.
📜 Origin Story
This idiom has no single recorded literary origin; it is a variant of the closely related phrase 违条犯法. It combines 违条 (to violate legal provisions) with 舞法 (to manipulate or trifle with the law), forming a four-character compound. The expression appears in Ming and Qing legal vernacular, where describing someone as 舞法 emphasized not merely breaking rules but treating the law with contempt.
💡 Example Usage
那些违条舞法的贪官最终都受到了法律的严惩。
Those corrupt officials who trampled on the law were ultimately severely punished by it.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 违条舞法
- Pinyin: wéi tiáo wǔ fǎ
- Literal Translation: violate, article, trifle with, law
- Category: Morality
- Characters: 4