官司
guān si
Pinyin

Definition

官司
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guān si
  1. lawsuit
  2. CL:場|场[cháng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 CL:家[jiā]
sī jī
  1. 1 chauffeur
  2. 2 driver
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
guān fāng
  1. 1 government
  2. 2 official (approved or issued by an authority)
shàng si
  1. 1 boss
  2. 2 superior
wǔ guān
  1. 1 five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)
  2. 2 facial features
zuò guān
  1. 1 to take an official post
  2. 2 to become a government employee
fēn gōng sī
  1. 1 subsidiary company
  2. 2 branch office
shēng guān
  1. 1 to get promoted
  1. 1 surname Si
sī lìng
  1. 1 commanding officer
sī yí
  1. 1 master of ceremonies (MC)
sī fǎ
  1. 1 judicial
  2. 2 (administration of) justice
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
qì guān
  1. 1 organ (part of body tissue)
  2. 2 apparatus
tǔ sī
  1. 1 sliced bread (loanword from "toast")
  2. 2 government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties
shòu sī
  1. 1 sushi
zǐ gōng sī
  1. 1 subsidiary company
  2. 2 subsidiary corporation
Guān
  1. 1 surname Guan
guān liáo
  1. 1 bureaucrat
  2. 2 bureaucracy
  3. 3 bureaucratic
guān bīng
  1. 1 officers and men

Idioms (19)

加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
  1. 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
升官发财
shēng guān fā cái
  1. 1 to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
  1. 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
司马昭之心路人皆知
Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén jiē zhī
  1. 1 lit. Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. an open secret
奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì
  1. 1 traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
  1. 1 to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
官官相护
guān guān xiāng hù
  1. 1 officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
  1. 1 public and private interests working together (idiom)
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
  1. 1 a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
牝鸡司晨
pìn jī sī chén
  1. 1 female chicken crows at daybreak (idiom); a woman usurps authority
  2. 2 women meddle in politics
  3. 3 The female wears the trousers.
贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
赃官污吏
zāng guān wū lì
  1. 1 grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
达官贵人
dá guān guì rén
  1. 1 high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
铁打的衙门,流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān
  1. 1 lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. government officials come and go
高官厚禄
gāo guān hòu lù
  1. 1 high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position

Sample Sentences

这场官司我们一定要打赢,绝对不能输。不是鱼死,就是网破。
zhè chǎng guānsi wǒmen yīdìng yào dǎ yíng ,juéduì bùnéng shū 。bùshìyúsǐ,jiùshìwǎngpò 。
We must win this lawsuit. We can’t lose. The winner is either you or me.
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这才是最头疼的问题。他还小,我们没离婚的时候老吵架,他已经受了很大影响。更别提离婚了。我们两个又都想要孩子,毕竟是自己的心头肉啊!谁也不愿意妥协,所以离婚官司才拖了这么久。
zhè cái shì zuì tóuténg de wèntí 。tā hái xiǎo ,wǒmen méi líhūn de shíhou lǎo chǎojià ,tā yǐjīng shòu le hěn dà yǐngxiǎng 。gèng biétí líhūn le 。wǒmen liǎng ge yòu dōu xiǎng yào háizi ,bìjìng shì zìjǐ de xīntóuròu a !shéi yě bù yuànyì tuǒxié ,suǒyǐ líhūn guānsi cái tuō le zhème jiǔ 。
This was the biggest headache. He is still little. Before the divorce we were always arguing; he has already been affected a lot. Not to mention the divorce. Both of us of course want our child--after all he's our own flesh and blood. Neither of us were willing to compromise, so as a consequence our divorce dragged out a long time.
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