to seek justice personally rather than through legal authorities
自行执法；亲自伸张正义 (zixing zhifa qinzi shenzhang zhengyi)
"The villagers decided to take the law into their own hands and punished the thief."
"村民们决定自行执法，惩罚了那个小偷。" (cunmin men jueding zixing zhifa chengfa le nage xiaotou)
to rest and regain energy
to keep an activity or process going
in the same situation or facing the same challenges
to act in a way that goes beyond moral acceptability
to fail to experience something enjoyable
to keep working steadily on something
