| 对簿公堂 |
duì bù gōng táng |
public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue |
| 对 |
duì |
right; correct / towards; at; for / concerning; regarding / to treat (sb a certain way) / to face / (bound form) opposite; facing; matching / to match together; to adjust / to fit; to suit / to answer; to reply / to add; to pour in (a fluid) / to check; to compare / classifier: couple; pair |
| 对簿 |
duì bù |
to confront sb with accusation / written charge in court (in former times) / to take sb to court |
| 簿 |
bù |
a book / a register / account-book |
| 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) |
| 公堂 |
gōng táng |
law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家 |
| 堂 |
táng |
(main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:间 / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture |