再审 (zài shěn) — to retry (a legal case); to review (a judgment…

Definition

A legal term meaning to retry a case or review a judgment, typically at a higher court. Common collocation: 申请再审 ('apply for a retrial').

verb

to retry (a legal case)to review (a judgment or decision)

再审。
Fǎ yuàn jué dìng duì zhè ge àn jiàn jìn xíng zài shěn.
The court decided to retry this case.
再审。
Bèi gào rén xiàng zuì gāo rén mín fǎ yuàn shēn qǐng zài shěn.
The defendant applied for a retrial to the Supreme People's Court.
再审。
Zhè ge pàn jué xū yào zài shěn cái néng què rèn.
This verdict needs to be reviewed before it can be confirmed.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

再 means again, and 审 means examine, so the word expresses a renewed examination of a case.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 審; 审 is its simplified writing.

宀釆田審

The simplified 审 abbreviates the traditional 審, which is built from 宀 (roof) and 釆 (to distinguish); the lower 田 is uncertain.