法 院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court 追 to chase / to pursue / to look into / to investigate / to reminisce / to recall / to court (one's beloved) / to binge-watch (a TV drama) / retroactively / posthumously 球 场 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 朝 廷 cháo tíng court / imperial household / dynasty 谈 恋 爱 tán liàn ài to court / to go steady / to be dating 宫 廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) 招 惹 zhāo rě to court (trouble) / to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb) 院 落 yuàn luò court / courtyard 自 取 zì qǔ to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster) 审 判 庭 shěn pàn tíng court / tribunal / courtroom 抛 绣 球 pāo xiù qiú throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals) / (fig.) to make overtures / to court 法 庭 判 令 fǎ tíng pàn lìng court 国 际 体 育 仲 裁 院 guó jì tǐ yù zhòng cái yuàn Court 博 士 bó shì doctor / court academician (in feudal China) / Ph.D. 人 民 法 院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal 法 庭 fǎ tíng court of law 判 决 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence 太 监 tài jiàn court eunuch / palace eunuch 申 诉 shēn sù to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal 最 高 人 民 法 院 Zuì gāo Rén mín Fǎ yuàn Supreme People's Court (PRC) 后 院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.) 开 庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session 朝 天 cháo tiān to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up 状 告 zhuàng gào to sue / to take to court / to file a lawsuit 找 死 zhǎo sǐ to court death / to take a big risk 庭 审 tíng shěn court hearing 出 庭 chū tíng to appear in court 天 庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven 皇 朝 huáng cháo the imperial court / the government in imperial times 最 高 法 院 zuì gāo fǎ yuàn supreme court 朝 野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 篮 球 场 lán qiú chǎng basketball court 胜 诉 shèng sù to win a court case 网 球 场 wǎng qiú chǎng tennis court 高 院 gāo yuàn high court 臣 子 chén zǐ official in feudal court / subject 宦 官 huàn guān court eunuch 奸 臣 jiān chén a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state 献 殷 勤 xiàn yīn qín to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself 佛 爷 Fó ye Buddha (term of respect for Sakyamuni 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼[Shi4 jia1 mou2 ni2]) / His Holiness (refers to a Buddhist grandee) / Buddha / God / emperor / in late Qing court, refers exclusively to Empress Dowager Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4] 清 廷 Qīng tíng the Qing court (as government of China) 私 了 sī liǎo to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court 大 法 官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice 庙 堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple 寻 死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death 仕 女 shì nu:3 court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women 公 卿 gōng qīng high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor 老 公 公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch 朝 臣 cháo chén court councilor 高 等 法 院 gāo děng fǎ yuàn High Court 公 堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1] 臣 下 chén xià official in feudal court / subject 被 上 诉 人 bèi shàng sù rén appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side) 对 簿 公 堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue 质 证 zhì zhèng examination of the evidence of the opposing party in a court of law 对 质 duì zhì to confront (in court etc) / confrontation 练 习 场 liàn xí chǎng driving range (golf) / practice court / practice ground 龙 袍 lóng páo dragon robe / emperor's court dress 上 疏 shàng shū (of a court official) to present a memorial to the emperor (old) 肖 扬 Xiāo Yáng Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008 王 昭 君 Wáng Zhāo jūn Wang Zhaojun (52-19 BC), famous beauty at the court of Han emperor Yuan 漢元帝|汉元帝[Han4 Yuan2 di4], one of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3] 史 官 shǐ guān scribe / court recorder / historian / historiographer 公 审 gōng shěn public trial (in a court of law) 徐 福 Xú Fú Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer 高 级 法 院 gāo jí fǎ yuàn High Court of Justice 自 取 灭 亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave 内 廷 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc 朝 服 cháo fú court dress in former times 霄 汉 xiāo hàn the sky / the heavens / (fig.) imperial court 朝 纲 cháo gāng laws and discipline of imperial court 过 堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall 太 和 殿 Tài hé diàn Hall of Supreme Harmony, the largest of the three halls that constitute the heart of the Outer Court of the Forbidden City 紫禁城[Zi3 jin4 cheng2] 羽 毛 球 场 yǔ máo qiú chǎng badminton court 贬 谪 biǎn zhé to banish from the court / to relegate 大 理 寺 dà lǐ sì Imperial Court of Judicial Review 作 死 zuò sǐ to court disaster / also pr. [zuo1 si3] 臣 僚 chén liáo court official (in former times) 司 法 院 Sī fǎ yuàn Judicial Yuan, the high court under the constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan 旧 案 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute 朝 imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards 听 审 tīng shěn to attend court / to take part in a trial 安 德 海 An1 Dé hǎi An Dehai (-1869), the Qing equivalent of Rasputin, all-powerful court eunuch with the dowager empress Cixi 慈禧太后[Ci2 xi3 tai4 hou4], executed in 1869 by her rival Empress Mother Empress Dowager Ci'an 慈安皇太后 庭 main hall / front courtyard / law court 宦 imperial official / court eunuch 褶 (arch.) court dress 嫱 female court officials 断 袖 之 癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. 刑 事 法 庭 xíng shì fǎ tíng criminal court 章 甫 荐 履 zhāng fǔ jiàn lu:3 court crown beneath straw shoe (idiom) / everything turned upside down 养 虎 伤 身 yǎng hǔ shāng shēn Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom 养 虎 遗 患 yǎng hǔ yí huàn Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom 自 讨 没 趣 zì tǎo méi qù to invite a snub / to court a rebuff 民 庭 mín tíng civil court 开 堂 kāi táng to open a law court / to set up a mourning hall 选 举 法 庭 xuǎn jǔ fǎ tíng election court 国 际 法 庭 Guó jì Fǎ tíng International Court of Justice in The Hague 国 际 法 院 guó jì fǎ yuàn International Court of Justice 美 国 最 高 法 院 Měi guó Zuì gāo Fǎ yuàn Supreme Court of the United States 欧 洲 法 院 Oū zhōu Fǎ yuàn European Court of Justice 上 诉 法 院 shàng sù fǎ yuàn appeals court
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