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condition; circumstance; term; factor / requirement; prerequisite; qualification / situation; state; condition / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(informal) note / CL: 張|张, 個|个
HSK 5
doctrine / dogma / creed / dogmatic
HSK 7-9
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strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 2
clause (of contract or law) / CL: 項|项
HSK 7-9
(idiom) clear and orderly; neat and tidy
(law) unfair clause / unequal clause
french fries / french fried potatoes / chips
HSK 6
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
to be of one mind / to think or act alike
requirement / necessary condition (math)
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
unconditional
HSK 7-9
(of a woman) slim / slender / graceful
HSK 7-9
arrangement / order / tidiness
lit. one dragon / integrated chain / coordinated process
regulations
bamboo strip
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
treaty / pact / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
fixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions
IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt
conditioned reflex
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
receipt / note acknowledging receipt
three of a kind (poker)
restrictive condition / constraint
terms of use
IOU / certificate of indebtedness
HSK 7-9
preconditions
ice lolly / popsicle
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
HSK 7-9
precondition; prerequisite
franchise clause (insurance)
conditional
creed / article of faith
Treaty of Tianjin of 1858, a sequence of unequal treaties 不平等條約|不平等条约 between Russia, USA, England, France and Qing China
vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
bleak; desolate / (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
HSK 7-9
noodles
(computing) progress bar
erhua variant of 麵條|面条
HSK 1
stripe
striped
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
leave of absence request (from work or school) / excuse note / CL: 張|张
to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior
short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute
banner advertisement
(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)
Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
to wind the spring up tight / (fig.) to gear up; to ready oneself
heavenly decree; divine commandment; (fig.) unbreakable taboo; absolute edict (often humorous or sarcastic) / prohibition decrees of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom 太平天國|太平天国
bench
to write an IOU or promissory note
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
set of (usually four) hanging scrolls
to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom) / fig. people who are in it together for better or worse / people who will sink or swim together
the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
paper docket confirming a transaction
dogmatism
(literary) systematic arrangement / coherent presentation
char kway teow (stir-fried flat rice noodles, a Southeast Asian dish)
economic depression
cutlet
moxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)
tampon
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
half a life / only half alive / barely alive / (scared, beaten etc) half to death
(Tw) a barcode presented at checkout, used to electronically save the receipt 統一發票|统一发票 to the customer’s cloud account
(slang) to take a dump
thick-skinned / insensitive
scrap paper
necessary and sufficient condition
barcode
report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old) / list of deaths
receipt
entire / whole (fish, road etc)
banner advertisement
wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
a law
tape seam (in dressmaking) / tape trim
Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia
non-compete clause (law)
entry (in a dictionary)
top news story
(mechanical engineering) rack and pinion
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
label / tag
peace treaty
bar chart
rule

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