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 pàn jué judgment (by a court of law) / to pass judgment on / to sentence
 jù zi sentence / CL:個|个[ge4]
 yī jù a line of verse / a sentence
 yǔ jù sentence
 pàn chǔ to sentence / to condemn
 pàn xíng to sentence (to prison etc)
 xíng fá sentence / penalty / punishment
 xíng xíng to carry out a (death) sentence / execution
 jiǎn xíng to reduce penalty / shortened or commuted (judicial) sentence
 tìng (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow
 chǔ xíng to sentence / to condemn
 jù sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
 pàn to judge / to sentence / to discriminate / to discern / clearly distinguishable
 xíng punishment / penalty / sentence / torture / corporal punishment
 pàn péi to sentence (sb) to pay compensation
 dìng xíng to sentence (a criminal)
 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
 guǎn zhì to control / to restrict / (PRC law) non-custodial sentence with specified restrictions on one's activities for up to 3 years (e.g. not to participate in demonstrations)
 yī yán one sentence / brief remark
 bì yè zhèng shū (PRC) (since 1985) graduation certificate, which certifies that the student has graduated, but not necessarily met all requirements to be awarded a degree certificate 學位證書|学位证书[xue2 wei4 zheng4 shu1] / (1981-1985) graduation certificate, which certified that the student graduated, and, if it included a final sentence indicating a degree type, also certified that the student met all the requirements for a degree
 jù xíng sentence pattern (in grammar)
 fú xíng to serve a prison sentence
 lì jù example sentence
 jù shì sentence pattern / sentence structure / syntax
 wú qī unspecified period / in the indefinite future / no fixed time / indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment)
 liàng xíng to assess punishment / to determine the sentence (on a criminal)
 huǎn xíng suspended sentence / probation
 luò kuǎn inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
 tú xíng prison sentence
 sǐ huǎn deferred death sentence / commuted death sentence with forced labor and judicial review after two years (PRC) (legal)
 fā pèi to send away to serve a penal sentence
 yí wèn jù question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
 bìng jù defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
 dān jù simple sentence (grammar)
 fú clothes / dress / garment / to serve (in the military, a prison sentence etc) / to obey / to be convinced (by an argument) / to convince / to admire / to acclimatize / to take (medicine) / mourning clothes / to wear mourning clothes
 jù dòu pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases
 a modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent
 tú disciple / apprentice / believer / on foot / bare or empty / to no avail / only / prison sentence
 ne final particle of a sentence (abbr. for 呢啊|呢啊[ne5 a5)
 zhe ne comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree / quite / rather
 chén shù jù declarative sentence
使 qí shǐ jù imperative sentence
 kěn dìng bìng lì jù active conjoined sentence
 lì yǔ example sentence
 pàn chǔ sǐ xíng to sentence to death
 zhōng shēn jiān jìn life sentence
 Yī gè yōu líng zài Oū zhōu yóu dàng Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa. / the opening sentence of Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto"
 zhǔ wèi jù subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
 zhǔ wèi bīn subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese grammar)
 zhǔ bīn wèi subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or Korean grammar)
 xíng mǎn to complete a prison sentence
 fǎn zuò to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
 shòu xíng rén person being executed / victim of corporal punishment / person serving a sentence
 jù dòu punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號|句号 / and comma 逗號|逗号 / sentences and phrases
 jù shǒu start of phrase or sentence
 fǒu dìng jù negative sentence
 dà pì death sentence / crime punishable by death
 dú yǔ jù one-word sentence
 fā yǔ cí literary auxiliary particle, comes at the beginning of a sentence
 wéi chí yuán pàn to affirm the original sentence (law)
 kěn dìng jù affirmative sentence
 bèi pàn sǐ xíng to receive death sentence
 mìng lìng jù imperative sentence
  custodial sentence / custodial sanction
  conditional sentence
 bù què dìng pàn jué indeterminate sentence
  indeterminate sentence
  Convention on Transfer of Sentenced Persons to Execute the Sentence in the State of which they Are Citizens
  sentence of imprisonment
  sentence of imprisonment
 sǐ xíng huǎn qī zhí xíng deferred death sentence / abbr. to 死緩|死缓[si3 huan3]
 sī mì dá (slang) (used at the end of a sentence to mimic Korean speech) (loanword from Korean verb ending "seumnida") / (jocular) a Korean
 yì kē fá jīn to commute a prison sentence to a fine (Tw)
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