诉讼

sù sòng · HSK 7

lawsuit

⚖️ sù sòng sounds like sue-song: a lawsuit is when you sue someone

诉讼 = 诉 (accuse, sue) + 讼 (litigate, dispute) — both built on the 讠 speech radical, since a lawsuit is a formal spoken accusation. The sound sù sòng echoes the English sue.

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