对簿公堂

對簿公堂
duìbùgōngtáng
  1. public courtroom accusation (idiom)
  2. legal confrontation
  3. to take sb to court
  4. to sue

CEDICT

to confront someone in court; to go to court

Wiktionary

原被告双方在法庭上公开审问、争讼，以辨是非。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 对簿 duìbù
  1. to confront sb with accusation
  2. written charge in court (in former times)
  3. to take sb to court
2 公堂 gōngtáng
  1. law court
  2. hall (in castle)

classifier: 家

Related entries

对簿 duìbù
  1. to confront sb with accusation
  2. written charge in court (in former times)
  3. to take sb to court
提告 tígào (law) to sue
状告 zhuànggào
  1. to sue
  2. to take to court
  3. to file a lawsuit
他們狀告政府賠償損失。

They sued the government for damages.

Source: Tatoeba

起诉 qǐsù
  1. to sue
  2. to bring a lawsuit against
  3. to prosecute
你應該起訴湯姆。

You should sue Tom.

Source: Tatoeba

打官司 dǎguānsi
  1. to file a lawsuit
  2. to sue
  3. to dispute
诉 sù
  1. to complain
  2. to sue
  3. to tell
控 kòng
  1. to control
  2. to accuse
  3. to charge
  4. to sue
  5. to invert a container to empty it
  6. (suffix) (slang) buff
  7. enthusiast
  8. devotee
  9. -phile or -philia
他被指控偷錢。

He was accused of stealing money.

Source: Tatoeba