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to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
approximately / probably
HSK 3
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *約* | 約* | *約
to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise
HSK 3
appointment / engagement / date / CL: , 個|个 / to arrange to meet
HSK 4
to sign a contract or agreement
HSK 5
to restrict / to limit to / to constrain / restriction / constraint
HSK 5
to restrict / condition
HSK 5
booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment
HSK 6
to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
HSK 6
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 6
convention (i.e. international agreement)
HSK 7-9
to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment
HSK 7-9
treaty / pact / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
vague / faint / indistinct
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
HSK 7-9
established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement / customary convention
HSK 7-9
agreement / contract
HSK 7-9
terms (of an agreement)
to terminate an agreement / to cancel a contract
sketchy / concise / abbreviated
about / around / approximately
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
Old Testament
former agreement / former contract
approximate / rough
John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
Book of Jonah
graceful and subdued (style)
Johannesburg, South Africa
New York
specially engaged / employed or commissioned for a special task
Johnson or Johnston (name)
peace treaty
John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
to invite / to issue an invitation
Gospel according to St John
New York City
to renew or extend a contract
to invite / invitation
lease
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
Jordan
(literary) graceful; charming
penalty (fee)
Rio de Janeiro
St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
New Testament
New York Times (newspaper)
Saint John
Joshua (name)
peace treaty
about / around / approximately / also written 約莫|约莫
engagement / wedding contract
charter
Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia
bet / wager
to have a prior engagement
Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique
(of a contract) binding (law)
to miss an appointment
to break a promise / breach of contract
York
to agree on three laws (idiom) / three-point covenant / (fig.) preliminary agreement / basic rules
to practice strict economy (idiom)
to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
temporary law / provisional constitution
(term coined c. 1920s) unequal treaty – a treaty between China and one or more aggressor nations (including Russia, Japan and various Western powers) which imposed humiliating conditions on China (in the 19th and early 20th centuries)
signatory states / countries that are party to a treaty
highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *約* | 約* | *約
to weigh in a balance or on a scale
to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc)
Allies / entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer
trade treaty (abbr. for 通商條約|通商条约) / to mutually agree (to do sth) (abbr. for 商量約定|商量约定)
contract / written agreement
common factor / common divisor
to gather at an appointed place and time
to keep an appointment
Jonah
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争
frugal; economical; thrifty
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia
Josiah or Yoshiyahu (649-609 BC), a king of Judah (Judaism)
Joseph (name)
to miss an appointment
to conclude a treaty
to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise
contract / oath of allegiance
to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador)
Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway)
faint / distant / barely audible
John Updike, US novelist (1932-2009), Pulitzer Prize winner
Old Testament
promise / one's word / pledge / abbreviation
divisor (of a number) / approximate number
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement

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