吃官司
chī guān sī
Pinyin
Definition
吃官司
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- to face legal action
- to get sued
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to eat
- 2 to consume
- 3 to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
- 4 to eradicate
- 5 to destroy
- 6 to absorb
- 7 to suffer
- 8 to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [jí])
- 1 to have a meal
- 2 to eat
- 3 to make a living
- 1 boss
- 2 superior
- 1 to eat on the sly
- 2 to pilfer food
- 3 to be unfaithful
Idioms (20)
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
兔子不吃窝边草
- 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
加官进位
- 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
加官进爵
- 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
加官进禄
- 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)