言出法随 (yán chū fǎ suí) | Meaning: enforce the regulations to the letter | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

(lit.) orders are carried out and prohibitions are observed (idiom) · (fig.) to execute every order without fail令行禁止lìng xíng jìn zhǐ

to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly执法如山zhí fǎ rú shān

military orders are like mountains (idiom) · a military order must be obeyed军令如山jūn lìng rú shān

enforce the regulations to the letter · upon its promulgation the law shall be enforced to the letter