对簿公堂 — Chinese idiom
对簿公堂
duì bù gōng táng
Traditional: 對簿公堂
Meaning
- public courtroom accusation
- legal confrontation
- to take sb to court
- to sue
Character by character
- 对duìcorrect, right; facing, opposed
- 簿bùregister, notebook, account book
- 公gōngfair, equitable; public; duke
- 堂tánghall, large room; government office; cousins
Idioms sharing a character
- 冤家对头 yuān jiā duì tóu
- 唱对台戏 chàng duì tái xì
- 对牛弹琴 duì niú tán qín
- 对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào
- 对答如流 duì dá rú liú
- 对酒当歌 duì jiǔ dāng gē
- 死无对证 sǐ wú duì zhèng
- 无言可对 wú yán kě duì
- 牛衣对泣 niú yī duì qì
- 针锋相对 zhēn fēng xiāng duì
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