confrontation of the three parties in court
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s à NT ó UDU à n, which means that the two parties concerned confront each other in the presence of witnesses or middlemen to tell the truth. It's from chapter 28 of Guo Baochang's Da Zhai men.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 117 of Shi Yukun's Xiao Wu Yi in Qing Dynasty: "people are here today. Let's talk about the case in three directions."
Idiom usage
To confront a case on the spot
Example:
1. Chapter 28 of Guo Baochang's Da Zhai men: "the scene of the three brothers of Bai's" three heads against each other "is very solemn. They supervise the scene, sing and record clearly, and check the account books."
2. We have to find out this matter once, and have nothing to do with it ever since.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: the case of three Cao
confrontation of the three parties in court
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