sòng
noun #23,723

Meanings

  1. 1 lawsuit
  2. 2 litigation
  3. 3 legal dispute

Examples

Liǎng jiā gōngsī yīn hétong jiūfēn duìbù gōngtáng, xīng sòng bù xiū.
The two companies went to court over a contract dispute and engaged in endless litigation.
Xī sòng shì jiějué jiūfēn de zuì hǎo fāngshì.
Settling out of court is the best way to resolve disputes.

Tips

register
is a classical/literary character. In modern Chinese it appears in formal legal terms: 诉讼 (litigation), (to argue a case), (to initiate a lawsuit).
memory
combines (speech/words) with (public) — a 'public speech' in a court of law.

Stroke Order

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