法院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court syn 大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice syn 朝 cháo 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 syn 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 法官 fǎ guān judge (in court) syn 法庭 fǎ tíng court of law syn 最高 zuì gāo tallest / highest / supreme (court etc) syn 策略 cè lüè strategy / tactics / crafty / adroit syn 判决 判決 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence syn 出庭 chū tíng to appear in court 球场 球場 qiú chǎng stadium / sports ground / court / pitch / field / golf course / CL:個|个[ge4],處|处[chu4] 后院 後院 hòu yuàn rear court / back garden / backyard (also fig.) 和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled syn 战略 戰略 zhàn lüè strategy syn 开庭 開庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session syn 庭审 庭審 tíng shěn court hearing 中场 中場 zhōng chǎng middle period of a tripartite provincial exam (in former times) / midfield / mid-court (in sports) / half-time / intermission half-way through a performance 招惹 zhāo rě to court (trouble) / to attract (attention) / to provoke (sb) syn 胜诉 勝訴 shèng sù to win a court case 申诉 申訴 shēn sù to file a complaint / to appeal (to an authority, a higher court of justice etc) / complaint / appeal 寻死 尋死 xún sǐ to attempt suicide / to court death syn 军事法庭 軍事法庭 jūn shì fǎ tíng court-martial / military tribunal 宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) syn 对质 對質 duì zhì to confront (in court etc) / confrontation syn 无计可施 無計可施 wú jì kě shī no strategy left to try (idiom) / at one's wit's end / at the end of one's tether / powerless syn 抗辩 抗辯 kàng biàn to counter accusations / to protest / to remonstrate / to retort / to plead / to demur / a plea (of not guilty) / a defense (against an allegation) / to enter a plea to a charge (in a law court) 最高法院 zuì gāo fǎ yuàn supreme court syn 篮球场 籃球場 lán qiú chǎng basketball court 网球场 網球場 wǎng qiú chǎng tennis court 私了 sī liǎo to settle privately / to solve behind closed doors / to settle out of court 天庭 tiān tíng middle of the forehead / imperial court / heaven syn 朝廷 cháo tíng court / imperial household / dynasty syn 太监 太監 tài jiàn court eunuch / palace eunuch syn 献殷勤 獻殷勤 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 syn 练习场 練習場 liàn xí chǎng driving range (golf) / practice court / practice ground 良方 liáng fāng good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy syn 兵法 bīng fǎ art of war / military strategy and tactics syn 高院 gāo yuàn high court 审判庭 審判庭 shěn pàn tíng court / tribunal / courtroom 诚惶诚恐 誠惶誠恐 chéng huáng chéng kǒng in fear and trepidation (idiom) / in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility) syn 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 公审 公審 gōng shěn public trial (in a court of law) 状告 狀告 zhuàng gào to sue / to take to court / to file a lawsuit syn 对簿公堂 對簿公堂 duì bù gōng táng public courtroom accusation (idiom) / legal confrontation / to take sb to court / to sue 谋略 謀略 móu lüè stratagem / strategy / resourcefulness syn 公堂 gōng táng law court / hall (in castle) / CL:家[jia1] syn 审判员 審判員 shěn pàn yuán judge (in court) syn 臣子 chén zǐ official in feudal court / subject syn 两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn 幡然 fān rán suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc) syn 仕女 shì nǚ court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women syn 求偶 qiú ǒu to seek a marriage partner / (of an animal) to seek a mate / to court syn 皇朝 huáng cháo the imperial court / the government in imperial times syn 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 战法 戰法 zhàn fǎ military strategy syn 宦官 huàn guān court eunuch syn 奸臣 jiān chén a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state syn 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] 人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal syn 佛爷 佛爺 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] syn 庙堂 廟堂 miào táng imperial ancestral temple / imperial court / temple syn 史官 shǐ guān scribe / court recorder / historian / historiographer 攻略 gōng lüè (literary) to storm and capture / strategy / directions / guide / how-to 发展战略 development strategy 谈恋爱 談戀愛 tán liàn ài to court / to go steady / to be dating syn 最高人民法院 zuì gāo rén mín fǎ yuàn Supreme People's Court (PRC) syn 朝天 cháo tiān to have an audience with the Emperor / to be presented at court / to look skyward / to look up 找死 zhǎo sǐ to court death / to take a big risk 半场 半場 bàn chǎng half of a game or contest / half-court 自取 zì qǔ to help oneself to (food) / to invite (trouble) / to court (disaster) 清廷 qīng tíng the Qing court (as government of China) syn 判令 pàn lìng decree / (of a court) to order 公卿 gōng qīng high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor 朝臣 cháo chén court councilor 高等法院 gāo děng fǎ yuàn High Court 臣下 chén xià official in feudal court / subject 被上诉人 被上訴人 bèi shàng sù rén appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side) syn 质证 質證 zhì zhèng examination of the evidence of the opposing party in a court of law 人民战争 人民戰爭 rén mín zhàn zhēng people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign syn 龙袍 龍袍 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 肖揚 xiāo yáng Xiao Yang (1938-), president of the PRC Supreme Court 1998-2008 庭外 tíng wài out-of-court (settlement) 韬略 韜略 tāo lüè military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4] syn 徐福 xú fú Xu Fu (3rd century BC), Qin dynasty court necromancer 高级法院 高級法院 gāo jí fǎ yuàn High Court of Justice 自取灭亡 自取滅亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave syn 内廷 內廷 nèi tíng place at the imperial court, where emperor handled government affairs, gave orders etc 朝服 cháo fú court dress in former times syn 霄汉 霄漢 xiāo hàn the sky / the heavens / (fig.) imperial court syn 朝纲 朝綱 cháo gāng laws and discipline of imperial court 谋臣 謀臣 móu chén imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy syn 过堂 過堂 guò táng to appear in court for trial (old) / (of Buddhist monks) to have a meal together in the temple hall syn 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] 抛绣球 拋繡球 pāo xiù qiú throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals) / (fig.) to make overtures / to court 羽毛球场 羽毛球場 yǔ máo qiú chǎng badminton court 筹谋 籌謀 chóu móu to work out a strategy / to come up with a plan for 追 zhuī 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 syn 庭 tíng main hall / front courtyard / law court syn 