取保候审

Traditional form:

取保候審

Pinyin (reading):

qǔbǎohòushěn

Definitions:

• release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)

Characters:

• 取 - to take, to receive, to obtain; to select
• 保 - to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
• 候 - to wait, to expect; to visit; to greet
• 审 - to examine, to investigate; to judge; to try

Traditional characters:

• 取 - to take, to receive, to obtain; to select
• 保 - to safeguard, to protect, to defend, to care for
• 候 - to wait, to expect; to visit; to greet
• 審 - to examine, to investigate; to judge; to try