上诉法院

上訴法院

shàngsù fǎyuàn

noun

Measure Word

一个上诉法院 gè

Meanings

1 court of appeals
2 appellate court

Characters

to submit / upward

to sue / accuse

institution / court

Examples

HSK 7-9

他不服判决，向上诉法院提起上诉。

Tā bùfú pànjué, xiàng shàngsù fǎyuàn tíqǐ shàngsù.

He disagreed with the verdict and filed an appeal with the appellate court.

HSK 7-9

上诉法院维持了原判。

Shàngsù fǎyuàn wéichí le yuánpàn.

The court of appeals upheld the original ruling.

Tips

usage

Mainland China's hierarchy uses 中级人民法院 and 高级人民法院 for appeals rather than a court explicitly named 上诉法院. The term 上诉法院 is most often used when discussing common-law systems (the U.S. Court of Appeals, Hong Kong's 上訴法院) or in translated legal text.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

诉 sù

法 fǎ

院 yuàn