公检法

Traditional form:

公檢法

Pinyin (reading):

gōngjiǎnfǎ

Definitions:

• public security authorities, acronym from 公安局 (gōng'ānjú), 檢察院／检察院 (jiǎncháyuàn) and 法院 (fǎyuàn)

Characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 检 - to check, to examine, to inspect
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French

Traditional characters:

• 公 - fair, equitable; public; duke
• 檢 - to check, to examine, to inspect
• 法 - law, rule, statute; method, way; French