民事诉讼
Traditional form:
民事訴訟
Pinyin (reading):
mínshìsùsòng
Definitions:
- common plea
- civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)
Characters:
- 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 诉 - to accuse, to sue; to inform; to narrate
- 讼 - to accuse, to argue; to dispute, to litigate
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