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plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
answer / solution / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
individual case; special case
HSK 7-9
design; pattern
HSK 4
file; record; archive
HSK 6
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  *案* | 案* | *案
(legal) case / incident / record / file / table
to report a case to the authorities
technology program / technical solution
project
miscarriage of justice
(newspapers etc) copy / copywriter / (office etc) paperwork / (old) secretary; clerk
murder case / homicide case
to put on record / to file
a criminal case
to solve a criminal case
HSK 7-9
amendment / revised draft
bill / proposed law
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
HSK 7-9
to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation)
(of a perpetrator, victim, weapon, sum of money etc) to be involved in the case
to close a case / to bring a case to a close (law)
scandal
to commit a crime or offense
to reach a verdict / to conclude a judgment
unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
resolution (of a meeting)
massacre / tragedy / CL:
a shooting
to make an appearance in court
homicide case / murder case
proposal / draft resolution / motion (to be debated) / to propose a bill / to make a proposal
to handle a (criminal) case
bill of rights
lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc) / fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
(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)
criminal case
to bring to justice / to file away (a document)
a misjudged legal case / a miscarriage (of justice)
robbery / holdup
gang-related case / criminal case
murder case
case history (TCM) / case record
judge's desk / complex legal case / contentious issue / koan (Zen Buddhism)
(of a detective) to investigate a case
to judge a case
murder case
to commit a crime
another case (in law) / a case to treat separately
counterproposal
table
urban development project
to bend over one's desk (writing, studying, taking a nap etc)
miscarriage of justice
lawsuit
to reverse a verdict / to present different views on a historical person or verdict
Qing's 1903 suppression of revolutionary calls in newspaper 蘇報|苏报, leading to imprisonment of Zhang Taiyan 章太炎 and Zou Rong 鄒容|邹容
occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act) / to take place / to occur / to advertise freelance work
unsolved case (law)
scam / fraud
to bring to justice
to be informed of a case / to take a case / to contract for a job (as a freelancer)
unresolved question / unresolved case
to conclude a case / to wind up
long narrow table
old court case / long-standing legal dispute
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
proposal / motion
major case / serious crime
medical record
no-confidence motion
long narrow table
fabricated legal case / frame-up
(TCM) diagnosis, usu. written on the prescription / medical record
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
long pending case
lesson plan / teaching plan / a "missionary case" (a dispute over Christian missionaries during the late Qing)
writing desk / official record
program of action
murder case
the massacre of 12th Mar 1927 / the Shanghai coup of 12th Mar 1927 by Chiang Kai-shek against the communists
a doubtful case / a controversy
to surrender to the authorities / to turn oneself in (for a crime)
incense burner table
Chinese Exclusion Act, a US law restricting Chinese immigration from 1882-1943
(Singapore, Malaysia) to commit an offence
Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese characters, proposed in 1977 and retracted in 1986) / abbr. to 二簡|二简
contingency plan


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