法院 fǎ yuàn court of law / court syn 大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice / high court justice / supreme court justice syn 救灾 救災 jiù zāi to relieve disaster / to help disaster victims 重灾区 重災區 zhòng zāi qū area particularly hard-hit by a disaster / disaster area 自取灭亡 自取滅亡 zì qǔ miè wáng to court disaster (idiom) / to dig one's own grave 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 作死 zuò sǐ to court disaster / also pr. [zuo1si3] syn 难 難 nàn disaster / distress / to scold 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 灾难 災難 zāi nàn disaster / catastrophe 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 余生 餘生 yú shēng the remaining years of one's life / survival (after a disaster) syn 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 开庭 開庭 kāi tíng to begin a (judicial) court session syn 幸存 xìng cún to survive (a disaster) 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 幸灾乐祸 幸災樂禍 xìng zāi lè huò lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) / fig. to rejoice in other people's misfortune / Schadenfreude syn 罪魁祸首 罪魁禍首 zuì kuí huò shǒu criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster syn 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 死路 sǐ lù dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster syn 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 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 祸害 禍害 huò hài disaster / harm / scourge / bad person / to damage / to harm / to wreck syn 大祸 大禍 dà huò disaster / calamity syn 惹祸 惹禍 rě huò to stir up trouble / to invite disaster syn 篮球场 籃球場 lán qiú chǎng basketball court 自然灾害 自然災害 zì rán zāi hài natural disaster syn 死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom) / to die in a disaster / an unnatural death syn 灾害 災害 zāi hài calamity / disaster / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 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 灾祸 災禍 zāi huò disaster 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 殃及 yāng jí to bring disaster to 化险为夷 化險為夷 huà xiǎn wéi yí to turn peril into safety (idiom) / to avert disaster syn 高院 gāo yuàn high court 审判庭 審判庭 shěn pàn tíng court / tribunal / courtroom 患儿 患兒 huàn ér child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child syn 灾区 災區 zāi qū disaster area / stricken region 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 殉难 殉難 xùn nàn to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster syn 心惊肉跳 心驚肉跳 xīn jīng ròu tiào lit. heart alarmed, body leaping (idiom) / fear and trepidation in the face of disaster syn 老公公 lǎo gōng gong old man / husband's father / father-in-law / court eunuch syn 受灾 受災 shòu zāi disaster-stricken / to be hit by a natural calamity syn 天灾 天災 tiān zāi natural disaster 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 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster 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 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 罹难 罹難 lí nàn to die in an accident or disaster / to be killed syn 防灾 防災 fáng zāi disaster prevention / to protect against natural disasters 臣子 chén zǐ official in feudal court / subject syn 祸事 禍事 huò shì disaster / doom syn 成灾 成災 chéng zāi disastrous / to turn into a disaster syn 灾民 災民 zāi mín victim (of a disaster) 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 祸福 禍福 huò fú disaster and happiness syn 朝野 cháo yě all levels of society / the imperial court and the ordinary people 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 祸患 禍患 huò huàn disaster / calamity syn 人祸 人禍 rén huò man-made disaster 史官 shǐ guān scribe / court recorder / historian / historiographer 急难 急難 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament syn 灾荒 災荒 zāi huāng natural disaster / famine syn 下发 下發 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels / to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) syn 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 矿难 礦難 kuàng nàn mining disaster 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 褪去 tuì qù to take off (one's clothes) / (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc) / (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside / also pr. [tun4 qu4] 滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering / overwhelming / immense syn 