對簿公堂 [对－－－]

Jyutping deoi3 bou6 gung1 tong4
Pinyin duì bù gōng táng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. public courtroom accusation (idiom)
  2. legal confrontation
  3. to take sb to court
  4. to sue
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    喺​法庭​上面​爭辯
    to be interrogated in court
    • 為咗呢啲咁小嘅事，何必對簿公堂呢？
      为咗呢啲咁小嘅事，何必对簿公堂呢？
      wai6 zo2 ni1 di1 gam3 siu2 ge3 si6, ho4 bit1 deoi3 bou6 gung1 tong4 ne1?
      What's the point of going to the court for such unimportant things?
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to confront someone in court; to go to court
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢几个老婆因为争家产搞到对簿公堂。
    佢幾個老婆因為爭家產搞到對簿公堂。
    keoi5 gei2 go3 lou5 po4 jan1 wai6 zaang1 gaa1 caan2 gaau2 dou3 deoi3 bou6 gung1 tong4.
    • His wives went to court to settle disagreements on distribution of family assets.
  2. Cantonese
    对簿公堂
    對簿公堂
    deoi3 bou2 gung1 tong4
    • to settle a dispute in a court
  3. Cantonese
    为咗呢啲咁小嘅事，何必对簿公堂呢？
    為咗呢啲咁小嘅事，何必對簿公堂呢？
    wai6 zo2 ni1 di1 gam3 siu2 ge3 si6, ho4 bit1 deoi3 bou6 gung1 tong4 ne1?
    • What's the point of going to the court for such unimportant things?