court of law

to appear in court

court hearing

to begin a (judicial) court session

extended family; big family; harmonious group

housewife; stay-at-home wife

to adjourn (law)

court-martial; military tribunal

courtyard

homework

family member

(idiom) in public; in front of everyone; openly (typically preceded by 在[zai4] and followed by 之下[zhi1 xia4])

tutor

Byzantium; Byzantine or Eastern Roman empire (395-1453)

to retire from the courtroom; to adjourn

domestic violence

middle of the forehead; imperial court; heaven

main hall; front courtyard; law court

courtyard

criminal court (abbr. for 刑事法庭[xing2 shi4 fa3 ting2])

front courtyard; vestibule

backyard; imperial harem; (slang) anus

flower garden

courtyard in front of a palace

out-of-court (settlement)

tuition within family; education from father

presiding judge

front court; courtyard

completely different

Lateral Courts in the imperial palace (housing concubines and administrative offices)

variant of 朝廷[chao2 ting2]

civil court

rock garden

(Japanese-style) sandbox (video gaming); sandplay (therapy)

bodies governing a border area

very different

imperial court

fenestra vestibuli (of inner ear)

Michael Grant Ignatieff (1947-), leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

(law) collegiate bench; panel of judges

to be the reigning emperor; to ascend to the imperial throne

court; tribunal; courtroom

Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province

lit. Notes on Passing the Hall, historical jottings by 12th century Southern Song poet Fan Gongcheng 范公偁[Fan4 Gong1 cheng1], containing moral instructions derived from great men of Song dynasty

Clarence Martin Wilbur (1908-1997), US Sinologist and Professor of Columbia University

Huang Tingjian (1045–1105), Song poet and calligrapher

Huangting Jing, one of the primary scriptures of Daoism

double income family who have pets rather than children (see also 丁克[ding1 ke4])

farmyard