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退庭 (tuì tíng) — (legal) to leave the courtroom; (legal) to adjourn court (of a judge or session)

Definition

Legal courtroom verb: 退庭 means to leave or adjourn the courtroom — 退 fixes the action of stepping out/closing, while 庭 = courtroom, so it only applies in a legal setting.

verb
(legal) to leave the courtroom(legal) to adjourn court (of a judge or session)

Examples

  • 退庭。
    Fǎ guān xuān bù tuì tíng.
    The judge announced adjournment of court.
  • 。
    Nà ge àn zi yǐ jīng tuì guò yí cì tíng.
    That case has already been adjourned once.
  • ，。
    Tā men gāng tuì wán tíng, hái zài mén kǒu shuō huà.
    They just left the courtroom and are still talking at the door.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

退tuìwithdraw
庭tíngcourt

退 means withdraw and 庭 means court; together they describe leaving the courtroom.

Characters in this word

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

  • 皀皀jífood vessel
  • 夊夊suīdownward foot

退 originally showed 皀, a food vessel, with 夊, a downward foot, for leaving the table after eating. In modern 退, the vessel part 皀 changed into an unrelated shape.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
广广guǎng
Sound part声符shēngfú
廷
廷tíng庭tíng
Same sound today

庭 combines 广 with 廷. The 廷 part gives the sound, and 广 is the meaning part.

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Law & Justice

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