| 狄公案 |
Dí Gōng Àn |
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁杰 as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee |
| 狄 |
Dí |
surname Di / generic name for northern ethnic minorities during the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC-220 AD) |
| 狄 |
dí |
low ranking public official (old) |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 公案 |
gōng àn |
judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) |
| 案 |
àn |
(legal) case / incident / record / file / table |