旁听席 (páng tīng xí) — public gallery; visitors' seats (in a court, parliament, etc.)

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• 在法庭上，旁听席坐满了人。
  Zài fǎ tíng shàng, páng tīng xí zuò mǎn le rén.
  In the courtroom, the public gallery was full.
• 记者只能从旁听席观看会议。
  Jì zhě zhǐ néng cóng páng tīng xí guān kàn huì yì.
  Journalists could only watch the meeting from the visitors' seats.
• 法院的旁听席可以容纳五十人。
  Fǎ yuàn de páng tīng xí kě yǐ róng nà wǔ shí rén.
  The court's public gallery can hold fifty people.