正当防卫

Traditional form:

正當防衛

Pinyin (reading):

zhèngdàngfángwèi

Definitions:

• reasonable self-defense
• legitimate defense

Characters:

• 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
• 当 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
• 卫 - to guard, to protect, to defend

Traditional characters:

• 正 - straight, right, proper, correct, just, true
• 當 - appropriate, timely; to act, to serve; the sound of bells
• 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
• 衛 - to guard, to protect, to defend