吃官司 chī guān sī

to face legal action; to get sued

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 40284th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to face legal action
  2. 2. to get sued

Characters

Character Meaning
吃 chī HSK 1
to eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
官 guān HSK 5
official; government official; governmental
司 sī HSK 2
to take charge of; to manage; department (under a ministry)