A: Why can't we get the compensation? 我們爲什麼不能得到賠償? B: This law is in abeyance. 法律暫時失效。 A: What do you mean? 您是什麼意思?
A: This law has become a dead letter. 此法已成爲一紙空文。 B: Oh, that's unfair. 噢,那不公平。 A: But the court has already dismissed the action. 但是法院已經駁回了訴訟。 B: My God. 我的天啊。