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法庭

fǎtíng

court; tribunal

A judge with a gavel at a raised bench, two people at tables
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Characters in this word

法 fǎ

Strokes
8
Radical
氵 — water
Made of
氵 water 去 to go away, to leave, to depart
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

庭 tíng

Strokes
9
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide
Made of
广 broad, vast, wide 廷 courtyard
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 庭

Example phrases

  • 证人在法庭上改口,使案件审理出现了新的转折。 Zhèngrén zài fǎtíng shàng gǎikǒu, shǐ ànjiàn shěnlǐ chūxiàn le xīn de zhuǎnzhé. The witness changed their statement in court, causing a new turn in the trial.
  • 法庭上,法官请大家保持安静。 Fǎtíng shàng, fǎguān qǐng dàjiā bǎochí ānjìng. In the courtroom, the judge asked everyone to keep quiet.
  • 他第一次走进法庭,心里非常紧张。 Tā dì yī cì zǒu jìn fǎtíng, xīnli fēicháng jǐnzhāng. He walked into a courtroom for the first time and felt very nervous.

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