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  *条* | 条* | *条
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
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
doctrine / dogma / creed / dogmatic
HSK 7-9
lead story (on the news)
HSK 7-9
bleak; desolate / (economics) in a slump; sluggish; depressed
HSK 7-9
(of a woman) slim / slender / graceful
HSK 7-9
IOU / certificate of indebtedness
HSK 7-9
receipt for a loan / IOU
HSK 7-9
IOU / informal document acknowledging a debt
chain / CL: , 條|条
willow twig; osier; wicker
creed / article of faith
to defecate (slang)
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
strip
clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup; clockwork
entry (in a dictionary)
slip of paper
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
branch / twig / stem
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條|今日头条)
rack (and pinion)
to write an IOU or promissory note
seal
vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
four of a kind / quads (poker)
brief note
magnetic stripe
noodles
a sawblade
steel bar
receipt
regulations
old fox; slick customer
lath
rattan
youtiao (deep-fried breadstick) / CL: / slick and sly person
thong / leather strap / pimp / procurer
paper docket confirming a transaction
leave of absence request (from work or school) / excuse note / CL: 張|张
(wheel) spoke
spoke (of wheel)
travel pass
label / tag
stark naked
commandment / precept
a law
bamboo strip
wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
set of (usually four) hanging scrolls
receipt / note acknowledging receipt
three of a kind (poker)
gold bar
char kway teow (stir-fried flat rice noodles, a Southeast Asian dish)
drawing (textile industry)
silver bar
paling / fence rail
spicy sticks, a snack food similar to beef jerky but made with flour or dried beancurd instead of meat
report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old) / list of deaths
leave of absence request (from work or school)
(computing) progress bar
instruction / order / maxim
strip of lead
(slang) to go to the toilet
the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
to wind up (a watch or other clockwork mechanism)
sick note / medical certificate for sick leave
tampon
(ox etc) tongue (as food) / (dialect) elocution; articulation
LED strip light
economic depression
(gaming) health bar
toolbar (in computer software)
(used to modify 事情) serious; grave
french fries / (hot) potato chips
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
ice lolly / popsicle
(mechanical engineering) rack and pinion
to wind the spring up tight / (fig.) to gear up; to ready oneself
ink stick
cutlet
(textiles) sliver / tampon (abbr. for 衛生棉條|卫生棉条)
(computing) scroll bar
menu bar (of a computer application)
(Tw) chicken strips
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章 and ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文 to pull Qing and Japanese troops out of Korea
to hold up a white banner (i.e. to protest)
to procure / to act as pimp
(slang) to take a dump
entire / whole (fish, road etc)
french fries
shred
thick-skinned / insensitive
moxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)
steel rails

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