以身試法

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
trad. (以身試法)		以	身	試	法
simp. (以身试法)		以	身	试	法

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yǐshēnshìfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄕㄣㄕˋ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ san¹ si³ faat³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): í-sin-chhì-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yǐshēnshìfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄕㄣㄕˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǐshenshìhfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: i³-shên¹-shih⁴-fa³
  - Yale: yǐ-shēn-shr̀-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiishenshyhfaa
  - Palladius: ишэньшифа (išɛnʹšifa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji⁵ san¹ si³ faat³
  - Yale: yíh sān si faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ san¹ si³ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ sen¹ xi³ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ sɐn⁵⁵ siː³³ faːt̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-sin-chhì-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: í-sin-tshì-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ysinchie'hoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ huat̚³²/

Idiom

以身試法

to deliberately violate the law
- 該國夷商欲圖長久貿易，必當懍遵憲典，將鴉片永斷來源，切勿以身試法。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  该国夷商欲图长久贸易，必当懔遵宪典，将鸦片永断来源，切勿以身试法。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 1839, 林則徐 (Lin Zexu),《擬諭英吉利國王檄》(Proposed Manifesto to Queen of England)
  Gāi guó yíshāng yù tú chángjiǔ màoyì, bì dāng lǐnzūn xiàndiǎn, jiāng yāpiàn yǒng duàn láiyuán, qièwù yǐshēnshìfǎ. [Pinyin]
  The barbarian merchants of your country, should they wish to do business for a prolonged period, are required to obey our statutes respectfully and to cut off permanently the source of opium. They must by no means try to test the effectiveness of the law with their lives.