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HSK
erhua variant of 麵條|面条
HSK 1
condition; circumstance; term; factor / requirement; prerequisite; qualification / situation; state; condition / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *條* | 條* | *條
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
HSK 2
(informal) note / CL: 張|张, 個|个
HSK 5
french fries / french fried potatoes / chips
HSK 6
lead story (on the news)
HSK 7-9
clause (of contract or law) / CL: 項|项
HSK 7-9
IOU / certificate of indebtedness
HSK 7-9
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
HSK 7-9
treaty / pact / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
unconditional
HSK 7-9
(of a woman) slim / slender / graceful
HSK 7-9
bleak; desolate / (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
HSK 7-9
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
doctrine / dogma / creed / dogmatic
HSK 7-9
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條|今日头条)
barcode
barcode
strip
clause / explanatory section in a document
peace treaty
stripe
noodles
dogmatism
chain / CL: , 條|条
scrap paper
clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
gold bar
slip of paper
clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup; clockwork
entry (in a dictionary)
seal
a law
arrangement / order / tidiness
unhurried / calm / composed / leisurely
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
creed / article of faith
(textiles) sliver / tampon (abbr. for 衛生棉條|卫生棉条)
short note / slip of paper / stripe / (slang) cop / (old) prostitute
requirement / necessary condition (math)
everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
brief note
old fox; slick customer
receipt / note acknowledging receipt
a precondition; a prerequisite
(ox etc) tongue (as food) / (dialect) elocution; articulation
a bar / a strip
to be of one mind / to think or act alike
willow twig; osier; wicker
IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt
leave of absence request (from work or school)
wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
bar chart
fixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory) / regulations and restrictions
silver bar
lath
lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
(of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together / to be like family / to share the same view of things
(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)
travel pass
(wheel) spoke
to lay out (an argument) item by item / memorandum to a superior
to procure / to act as pimp
(computing) scroll bar
commandment / precept
wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia
ice lolly / popsicle
Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
thong / leather strap / pimp / procurer
receipt
(literary) systematic arrangement / coherent presentation
Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States
long narrow table
conditional
to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia
conditional clause
a sawblade
(idiom) clear and orderly; neat and tidy
stark naked
strip of lead
all roads lead to Rome / use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)
to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
long narrow table
rattan
branch / twig / stem
rack (and pinion)
orderly and logical (of writing) / luxuriant / flourishing / prosperous
necessary and sufficient condition
terms of use
bamboo strip
four of a kind / quads (poker)
steel bar
set of (usually four) hanging scrolls
three of a kind (poker)
report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old) / list of deaths

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