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民事

civil (law)

民事
mínshì2nd tone
Pinyin
mínshì
Strokes
13
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 民事

民事 is written with 13 strokes (: 5, : 8). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

一起狗咬人的民事案 — real stakes, if modest ones.

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地点在比佛利山,案子是一起狗咬人的民事案,前后开了两个星期。

The venue was Beverly Hills, the case a dog-bite civil suit, and it ran two weeks.

A Jury Made Her Their Foreman Because "You Went to Law School" — She Had Only Played a Lawyer in Legally Blonde, and Never Finished College

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