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family
court of law
to begin a
courtyard
middle of the forehead
to appear in court
front courtyard
presiding judge
out-of-court
bodies governing a border area
imperial court
to retire from the courtroom
Notice where 庭 sits in each complete thought.
My family isn't such a big family.
Source: Tatoeba #13945456 · CC BY 2.0 FRI come from a large family.
Source: Tatoeba #5967289 · CC BY 2.0 FRAll of his family members are tall.
Source: Tatoeba #414027 · CC BY 2.0 FREach family member is at home on Saturday morning.
Source: Tatoeba #8889291 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.