官非

guānfēi
noun #54,053

Meanings

  1. 1 lawsuit
  2. 2 legal trouble
  3. 3 court case (originally Cantonese)

Examples

Tā zuìjìn rě shàng le guānfēi.
He has recently gotten into legal trouble.
Jīnnián shēngxiào yùnshì tíxǐng zhùyì guānfēi.
This year's zodiac forecast warns of possible lawsuits.

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Originally Cantonese (gun1 fei1) and still very common in Hong Kong news and feng shui / horoscope writing. In Mandarin contexts you'll mostly see it in 风水 (fēngshuǐ) and (mìnglǐ) discussions warning of 'official troubles'.

Stroke Order

guān
fēi