"Illegal" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 非法 | fēi fǎ | illegal |   |
| 黑 |  hēi | black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal / to hide (sth) away / to vilify / (loanword) to hack (computing) | |
| 违法 | wéi fǎ | illegal / to break the law | |
| 盗版 | dào bǎn | pirated / illegal / see also 正版[zheng4 ban3] | |
| 不法 | bù fǎ | lawless / illegal / unlawful | |
| 不合法 | bù hé fǎ | illegal | |
| 封闭 | fēng bì | to close / to seal off / to close down (an illegal venue) / closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) | |
| 黑人 | hēi rén | black person / an illegal | |
| 窝点 | wō diǎn | lair / den (of illegal activities) | |
| 刻薄 | kè bó | unkind / harsh / cutting / mean / acrimony / to embezzle by making illegal deductions | |
| 偷渡 | tōu dù | illegal immigration / to stowaway (on a ship) / to steal across the international border / to run a blockade | |
| 横财 | hèng cái | easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit | |
| 打黑 | dǎ hēi | to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime | |
| 违建 | wéi jiàn | abbr. for 違章建築|违章建筑, illegal construction | |
| 扫黄打非 | sǎo huáng dǎ fēi | to eradicate pornography and illegal publications | |
| 滥伐 | làn fá | to denude / illegal logging / forest clearance | |
| 偷渡者 | tōu dù zhě | smuggled illegal alien / stowaway | |
| 人赃俱获 | rén zāng jù huò | (of a thief, smuggler etc) to be caught with stolen or illegal goods / to be caught red-handed | |
| 贩私 | fàn sī | to traffic (smuggled goods) / illegal trading | |
| 套汇 | tào huì | illegal currency exchange / arbitrage | |
| 肥 | féi | fat / fertile / loose-fitting or large / to fertilize / to become rich by illegal means / fertilizer / manure | |
| 三姑六婆 | sān gū liù pó | women with disreputable or illegal professions (idiom) | |
| 套取 | tào qǔ | to acquire fraudulently / an illegal exchange | |
| 赌窝 | dǔ wō | gamblers' den / illegal casino | |
| 犯毒 | fàn dú | illegal drug / narcotic | |
| 两着儿 | liǎng zhāo r | the same old trick / illegal device | |
| 歪点子 | wāi diǎn zi | illegal device / devious / crooked | |
| 路霸 | lù bà | brigand / (modern) uncivil driver / road hog / (PRC) person who sets up an illegal toll / (Tw) person who uses a part of the street as their private parking place | |
| 违禁药品 | wéi jìn yào pǐn | illegal medicines | |
| 非法移民 | fēi fǎ yí mín | illegal immigrant | |
| 非法武装团体 | fēi fǎ wǔ zhuāng tuán tǐ | illegal armed group | |
| 非法债务 | fēi fǎ zhài wù | illegal debt | |
| 非法毒品 | fēi fǎ dú pǐn | illegal substance | |
| 非法团体和秘密安全机构调查委员会 | Commission for the Investigation of Illegal Groups and Clandestine Security Structures | | |
| 非法转移 | illegal removal | | |
| 非法使用信息和电信系统及信息资源 | illegal use of information and telecommunications systems and information resources | | |
| 禁止非法开采自然资源议定书 | Protocol against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources | | |
| 禁止非法开采自然资源委员会成立会议 | Constitutive Meeting of the Committee against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources | | |
| 禁止非法开采自然资源委员会 | Committee against the Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources | | |
| 非法钻石 | illegal diamond | | |
| 非法、未报告和无管制的捕捞 | illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing / IUU fishing | | |
| 非法倾弃 | illegal tipping (UK) / illegal dumping (USA) / unlawful dumping | | |
| 资本非法外流 | illegal outflow of capital | | |
| 调查有政治动机非法武装团体联合小组 | Joint Group for the Investigation of Politically Motivated Illegal Armed Groups | | |
| 遣散非法武装团伙方桉 | disbandment of illegal and armed groups | | |
| 人蛇 | rén shé | illegal immigrant | |
| 盗采 | dào cǎi | to mine (or harvest, log, trap animals etc) illegally / illegal mining (or logging etc) | |
| 买路钱 | mǎi lù qián | money extorted by bandits in exchange for safe passage / illegal toll / (old) paper money strewn along the path of a funeral procession | |
| 大陆客 | dà lù kè | (Tw) tourist from mainland China / illegal immigrant from mainland China | |
| 扫黑 | sǎo hēi | to crack down on illegal activities / to fight organized crime | |
| 地下钱庄 | dì xià qián zhuāng | underground bank / illegal private bank / loan shark | |
