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原被告

yuán bèi gàodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
plaintiff and defendant / prosecution and defense (lawyers)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-10c038ad27c4ae63. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

原被告 原被告 [yuan2 bei4 gao4] /plaintiff and defendant/prosecution and defense (lawyers)/

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Reference information

The definitions above are from CC-CEDICT. Examples and usage notes are available on selected entries.

Character information

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  • 原
    yuán

    former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source

    Yuán

    surname Yuan / (Japanese surname) Hara

  • 被
    bèi

    quilt / to cover (with) / (literary) to suffer (a misfortune) / used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")

  • 告
    gào

    (bound form) to say / to tell / to announce / to report / to denounce / to file a lawsuit / to sue

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.