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plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
answer / solution / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
design; pattern
HSK 4
file; record; archive
HSK 6
case / instance / CL: , 樁|桩,
HSK 7-9
to solve a case / shabby old table
HSK 7-9
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
HSK 7-9
individual case; special case
HSK 7-9
case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example / CL: 個|个
lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
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  *案* | 案* | *案
(legal) case / incident / record / file / table
(newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary; clerk
a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice)
proposal / draft resolution / motion (to be debated) / to propose a bill / to make a proposal
to put on record / to file
criminal record
to handle a case
another case (in law) / a case to treat separately
miscarriage of justice
long table; counter / (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job
(of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
to report a case to the authorities
to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation)
homicide case / murder case
to conclude a case / to wind up
medical record
to surrender to the authorities / to turn oneself in (for a crime)
to commit a crime
murder case
records / files / archives
(of a detective) to investigate a case
main points of a case / brief / summary
proposal / motion
unresolved question / unresolved case
kneading or chopping board
(of a crime) to occur / (old) (of a crime) to be discovered / to investigate a crime on the spot
massacre / tragedy / CL:
to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict
project
to make an appearance in court
to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
bill / proposed law
judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism)
to bring to justice / to file away (a document)
to reach a verdict / to conclude a judgment
a doubtful case / a controversy
table
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
writing desk / official record
to commit a crime or offense
a criminal case
lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful! / amazing! / great!
to judge a case
old court case / long-standing legal dispute
lit. to lift the tray to eyebrow level (idiom); mutual respect in a marriage
(idiom) to slam the table and rise to one's feet in indignation
fabricated legal case / frame-up
details of a case / case
official documents or correspondence
long narrow table
incense burner table
long pending case
occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act) / to take place / to occur / to advertise freelance work
to close a case / to bring a case to a close (law)
(TCM) diagnosis, usu. written on the prescription / medical record
lawsuit
counter scale; bench scale
criminal case
counterproposal
mutual respect in marriage / abbr. of idiom 舉案齊眉|举案齐眉
Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth
scam / fraud
case study / classic example
text
crime scene
unsolved case (law)
Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案 translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩
project manager
(Tw) (of the police) to bury a crime (i.e. conceal the existence of a criminal case in order to improve crime-solving statistics or in return for a bribe etc)
to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful! / amazing!
robbery / holdup
Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943
proposer
murder case
unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
no-confidence motion
archive envelope; portfolio
resolution (of a meeting)
to bring to justice
archive box
accomplice
file folder; portfolio
Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑|狄仁杰 as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee
apostrophe, as used in pinyin orthography (i.e. to mark a boundary between two syllables, as in "dàng'àn" 檔案|档案)
murder case
amendment / revised draft
scandal
archive library
murder case / homicide case
to file for investigation / to prosecute (a case)

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