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原告

yuángào

plaintiff; complainant

A person with papers stands before scales of justice on a table
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Characters in this word

原 yuán

Strokes
10
Radical
厂 — cliff
Made of
厂 cliff 泉 spring, fountain
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 原

告 gào

Strokes
7
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
牛 ox, cow, bull 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 告

Example phrases

  • 在这起知识产权纠纷中,原告主张被告未经许可复制了核心算法。 Zài zhè qǐ zhīshì chǎnquán jiūfēn zhōng, yuángào zhǔzhāng bèigào wèijīng xǔkě fùzhì le héxīn suànfǎ. In this intellectual property dispute, the plaintiff claims that the defendant copied the core algorithm without permission.
  • 原告请律师向法庭提交了新的证据。 Yuángào qǐng lǜshī xiàng fǎtíng tíjiāo le xīn de zhèngjù. The plaintiff asked a lawyer to submit new evidence to the court.
  • 法官先听取了原告的陈述,再询问被告。 Fǎguān xiān tīngqǔ le yuángào de chénshù, zài xúnwèn bèigào. The judge first heard the plaintiff's statement, then questioned the defendant.

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