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吃官司

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怕吃官司
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吃冤枉官司
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吃了十年的官司
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吃了官司
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一定会吃官司
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可能吃官司

Definition

吃官司

Literally means:

eat lawsuit

Actually means:

be sued; get into trouble with the law

It means being put in jail or punished for violating the law.

指因犯法而进监狱或受到其他处罚。

Example

Used as predicate, object or attributive. It can be used with other words in between. (作谓语、宾语、定语,中间可以插入其他词语)
1
Zhège
这个
jiāhuo
家伙
jìng
gàn
huàishì
坏事
  
,
zǒng
yǒu
tiān
huì
chīguān
吃官司
jìn
láo
大牢
de
  

This guy cleans up bad things and will one day eat the lawsuit and go to jail.

2
Zhège
这个
tānguān
贪官
gěi
guójiā
国家
zàochéng
造成
de
sǔnshī
损失
  
,
shǐ
即使
chī
le
guānsi
官司
shì
无法
弥补
de
  

The damage this corrupt official has done to the country is irreparable even if it is caused by a lawsuit.

3
guǒ
如果
司法
gōngzhēng
公正
  
,
lǎobǎixìng
老百姓
chī
yuānwang
冤枉
guānsi
官司
de
shìqing
事情
jiù
hěn
nán
miǎn
避免
le
  

If the administration of justice is unfair, it is very difficult for ordinary people to avoid the wrongful case.

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