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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
regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
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
treaty / pact / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
IOU / certificate of indebtedness
HSK 7-9
doctrine / dogma / creed / dogmatic
HSK 7-9
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app (abbr. for 今日頭條|今日头条)
(textiles) sliver / tampon (abbr. for 衛生棉條|卫生棉条)
a law
LED strip light
long narrow table
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
barcode
barcode
(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
clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup; clockwork
clause / explanatory section in a document
strip
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
orderly and logical (of writing) / luxuriant / flourishing / prosperous
peace treaty
necessary and sufficient condition
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
entry (in a dictionary)
seal
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
rule
arrangement / order / tidiness
unhurried / calm / composed / leisurely
(idiom) dead end / road to ruin
creed / article of faith
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
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 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
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
branch / twig / stem
rack (and pinion)
brief note
terms of use
bamboo strip
four of a kind / quads (poker)
steel bar

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