1. Show favoritism and pervert the law, a Chinese word whose pinyin is xùn qíng wǎng fǎ, which means to do illegal things under the influence of personal feelings. Favor: to bend; in vain: to distort. They distorted and undermined the law and decided cases indiscriminately based on personal feelings.

2. The source of the idiom: Yuan Dynasty Wang Dan's "Zhongshu You Prime Minister Shi Gong's Shinto Stele": "Let the officials serve the public with one heart and not dare to bend the law for selfish reasons."