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HSK
approximately / probably
HSK 3
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *约* | 约* | *约
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
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
booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment
HSK 6
agreement / contract
HSK 7-9
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
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
vague; faint; indistinct
HSK 7-9
treaty / pact / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement / customary convention
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
Johannesburg, South Africa
Josiah or Yoshiyahu (649-609 BC), a king of Judah (Judaism)
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
sketchy / concise / abbreviated
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *约* | 约* | *约
to weigh in a balance or on a scale
to practice strict economy (idiom)
John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
approximately / about (some numerical value)
to invite / invitation
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
New York
York
terms (of an agreement)
to conclude a treaty
specially engaged / employed or commissioned for a special task
Johnson or Johnston (name)
oath / vow / pledge / promise
Jordan (country)
engagement / wedding contract
to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
to break a promise / breach of contract
graceful and subdued (style)
peace treaty
to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador)
intensive
lease
to invite / to issue an invitation
sphincter
contract of alliance / oath or treaty between allies
Joseph (name)
to terminate an agreement / to cancel a contract
Joshua (name)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
Joseph (name)
to renew or extend a contract
to miss an appointment
(literary) graceful; charming
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
common factor / common divisor
John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer
(idiom) vaguely; faintly; indistinctly
Old Testament
former agreement / former contract
Mayotte, island between NW Madagascar and Mozambique
temporary law / provisional constitution
to keep an appointment
to miss an appointment
New Testament
Yorkshire (English region)
secret appointment
Jonah
entente / pact / agreement / negotiated settlement
reduced fraction (e.g. one half for three sixths) / to reduce a fraction by canceling common factors in the numerator and denominator
contract / written agreement
approximate / rough
to calculate to be roughly ...
to conclude a treaty / to make an agreement / contract (at bridge)
Sampaio (name) / Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006 / Sampaio, town in Brazil
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)
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
Warsaw Pact, Soviet-led military alliance (1955-1991) (abbr. for 華沙條約組織|华沙条约组织)
to gather at an appointed place and time
promise / one's word / pledge / abbreviation
frugal; economical; thrifty
Job (name) / Book of Job in the Old Testament
equivocal speech / to use vague or ambiguous language
New York Times (newspaper)
to break a promise
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
covenant
Jurgen (name)
Gospel according to St John
variant of 約莫|约莫
to estimate; to guess / about; around; approximately
to arrange to go on a date with sb
(slang) to hook up for a one night stand / booty call
bet / wager
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
charter
to bind / to restrict / to constrain
First epistle of St John

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