一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place / together / in company (with) / altogether / in total / an instance of / a case of (murder, accident, dispute etc) syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 争吵 爭吵 zhēng chǎo to quarrel / dispute syn 和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court) / to reconcile / settlement / conciliation / to become reconciled syn 争执 爭執 zhēng zhí to dispute / to disagree / to argue opinionatedly / to wrangle syn 争议 爭議 zhēng yì controversy / dispute / to dispute syn 争辩 爭辯 zhēng biàn a dispute / to wrangle syn 平息 píng xī (of wind etc) to subside / to die down / to quell / to smooth over (a dispute etc) / to suppress (a rebellion etc) syn 打官司 dǎ guān si to file a lawsuit / to sue / to dispute syn 纠纷 糾紛 jiū fēn dispute syn 阵营 陣營 zhèn yíng group of people / camp / faction / sides in a dispute syn 争端 爭端 zhēng duān dispute / controversy / conflict syn 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 口舌 kǒu shé dispute or misunderstanding caused by gossip / to talk sb round syn 纠葛 糾葛 jiū gé entanglement / dispute syn 纷争 紛爭 fēn zhēng to dispute 校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc) / the school authorities 辩驳 辯駁 biàn bó to dispute / to refute syn 辩称 辯稱 biàn chēng to argue (that) / to allege / to dispute / to plead (e.g. not guilty) 各方 gè fāng all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions syn 滋事 zī shì to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute syn 劝架 勸架 quàn jià to mediate in a quarrel / to intervene in a dispute and try to calm things down syn 打圆场 打圓場 dǎ yuán chǎng to help to resolve a dispute / to smooth things over syn 教案 jiào àn lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing) 法律援助 fǎ lǜ yuán zhù legal assistance / legal aid 事主 shì zhǔ victim (of a criminal) / party involved (in a dispute etc) / main instigator syn 法制晚报 法製晚報 fǎ zhì wǎn bào Legal Evening News, a Beijing-based legal affairs newspaper launched in 2004 and shut down in 2019 滋扰 滋擾 zī rǎo to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute 辩 辯 biàn to dispute / to debate / to argue / to discuss syn 较 較 jiào (bound form) to compare / (literary) to dispute / compared to / (before an adjective) relatively / comparatively / rather / also pr. [jiao3] syn 了断 了斷 liǎo duàn to bring to a conclusion / to settle (a dispute) / to do away with (oneself) / to break off (a relationship) / resolution (of a problem) syn 杠 槓 gàng coffin-bearing pole (old) / thick pole / bar / rod / thick line / to mark with a thick line / to sharpen (a knife, razor etc) / to get into a dispute with / standard / criterion / hyphen / dash syn 旧案 舊案 jiù àn old court case / long-standing legal dispute syn 坐收渔利 坐收漁利 zuò shōu yú lì benefit from others' dispute (idiom) syn 骑墙 騎牆 qí qiáng to sit on the fence (in a dispute) 口水仗 kǒu shuǐ zhàng dispute / spat / shouting match 解劝 解勸 jiě quàn to soothe / to pacify / to mollify / to mediate (in a dispute etc) syn 小冲突 小衝突 xiǎo chōng tū skirmish / clash / dispute / brush 清官难断家务事 清官難斷家務事 qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb) 衅 釁 xìn quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) syn 身份 shēn fèn identity / aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc) / role / capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…的身份[yi3 xx5 de5 shen1 fen4]) / status (social, legal etc) / position / rank syn 格 gé square / frame / rule / (legal) case / style / character / standard / pattern / (grammar) case / (classical) to obstruct / to hinder / (classical) to arrive / to come / (classical) to investigate / to study exhaustively syn 应 應 yīng to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall syn 造 zào to make / to build / to manufacture / to invent / to fabricate / to go to / party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement) / crop / classifier for crops syn 合法 hé fǎ lawful / legitimate / legal syn 提起 tí qǐ to mention / to bring up / (lit. and fig.) to lift / to raise / to initiate (legal proceedings) syn 被告人 bèi gào rén defendant (in legal case) syn 法定 fǎ dìng statutory / law-based / legal syn 法典 fǎ diǎn legal code / statute 合法化 hé fǎ huà to legalize / to make legal / legalization 依法 yī fǎ legal (proceedings) / according to law syn 见证人 見證人 jiàn zhèng rén eyewitness (to an incident) / witness (to a legal transaction) syn 例假 lì jià legal holiday / (euphemism) menstrual leave / menstrual period 法学 法學 fǎ xué law / legal studies 法人 fǎ rén legal person / corporation / see also 自然人[zi4 ran2 ren2] syn 专案组 專案組 zhuān àn zǔ special investigation team (legal or judicial) 擦边球 擦邊球 cā biān qiú (table tennis) edge ball / (fig.) actions that are technically legal but perhaps not respectable 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 封皮 fēng pí outer skin / envelope / cover / (legal) seal syn 吃官司 chī guān sī to face legal action / to get sued syn 干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 正版 zhèng bǎn genuine / legal / see also 盜版|盗版[dao4 ban3] 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 法理 fǎ lǐ legal principle / jurisprudence 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case) / one side / area / region 维权 維權 wéi quán to defend (legal) rights 死缓 死緩 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal) syn 错案 錯案 cuò àn a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice) syn 法律责任 法律責任 fǎ lǜ zé rèn legal responsibility / liability 法律顾问 法律顧問 fǎ lǜ gù wèn Legal Adviser 法定代表人 fǎ dìng dài biǎo rén (law) legal representative of a corporation (e.g. chairman of the board of a company, principal of a school etc) 法律保护 fǎ lǜ bǎo hù legal protections 法律事务 fǎ lǜ shì wù Legal Services 法律网 法律網 Legal 法律地位 legal status 法律基础 法律基礎 legal basis 公案 gōng àn judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism) syn 外商独资企业 外商獨資企業 wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè wholly foreign-owned enterprise (WFOE) (form of legal entity in China) / abbr. to 外資企業|外资企业[wai4 zi1 qi3 ye4] 法制日报 法制日報 fǎ zhì rì bào Legal Daily, newspaper published by PRC Ministry of Justice 法律制裁 fǎ lǜ zhì cái legal sanction / prescribed punishment / punishable by law 江平 jiāng píng Jiang Ping (1920-), academic lawyer, writer on ethnicity and legal systems 正室 zhèng shì primary wife (in contrast to concubine) / legal wife 法律委员会 法律委員會 fǎ lǜ wěi yuán huì Legal Committee 代书 代書 dài shū to write on sb's behalf / a scrivener (who writes legal documents or letters for others) 案 àn (legal) case / incident / record / file / table syn 宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn 乙 yǐ second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105° 干爹 乾爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) 假案 jiǎ àn fabricated legal case / frame-up syn 干女儿 乾女兒 gān nǚ ér adopted daughter (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) 干娘 乾娘 gān niáng adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 干儿子 乾兒子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) syn 轇 jiū complicated, confused / dispute 齗 kěn gums (of the teeth) / to dispute 两虎相斗 兩虎相鬥 liǎng hǔ xiāng dòu lit. two tigers fight (idiom) / fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries / a battle of the giants 妇姑勃溪 婦姑勃谿 fù gū bó xī dispute among womenfolk (idiom) / family squabbles 弄嘴弄舌 nòng zuǐ nòng shé to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom) 舋 xìn variant of 釁|衅 / quarrel / dispute / a blood sacrifice (arch.) 一个巴掌拍不响 一個巴掌拍不響 yī ge bā zhǎng pāi bù xiǎng lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support 