Sentence Composition
| 1 | 法官 | fǎguān | judge (in court) |
| 2 | 判 | pàn |
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| =3 | 了 | le |
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| =3 | 了 | liǎo |
| =3 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =3 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| 4 | 他 | tā |
| 5 | 一 | yī |
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| =6 | 年 | Nián | surname Nian |
| =6 | 年 | nián |
year classifier: 個 |
| =6 | 年 | nián |
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| 7 | 有期徒刑 | yǒuqītúxíng | limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment) |