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The word "上诉" is formed by combining the character "上", meaning "up" or "above", with "诉", meaning "to tell" or "to appeal", resulting in a compound that literally conveys "to appeal upward", specifically denoting the legal action of appealing a case to a higher court.

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他对判决不满决定上诉。

Tā duì pànjué bùmǎn juédìng shàngsù.

He was dissatisfied with the verdict and decided to appeal.

被告可以在十天内提出上诉。

Bèigào kěyǐ zài shí tiān nèi tíchū shàngsù.

The defendant can file an appeal within ten days.

如果上诉失败，他将必须入狱服刑。

Rúguǒ shàngsù shībài, tā jiāng bìxū rù yù fúxíng.

If the appeal fails, he will have to go to prison to serve his sentence.

原告方已经向高级法院递交了上诉状。

Yuángào fāng yǐjīng xiàng gāojí fǎyuàn dìjiāole shàngsùzhuàng.

The plaintiff has already submitted the appeal petition to the higher court.

经过上诉法院的复审，原审的死刑判决最终被改判为无期徒刑。

Jīngguò shàngsù fǎyuàn de fùshěn, yuánshěn de sǐxíng pànjué zuìzhōng bèi gǎipàn wéi wúqī túxíng.

After a retrial by the court of appeal, the original death sentence was ultimately commuted to life imprisonment.

Word Definition - 上诉

shàng sù to appeal (a judicial case); appeal

Individual Character Details

上 shǎng, shàng
诉 sù, sù