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(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
Spring Festival (Chinese New Year)
HSK 2
holiday / festival / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
syllable
HSK 2
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joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
HSK 2
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
details; particulars
HSK 4
time / season / period / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
circumstances / plot; storyline
HSK 5
(zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc
HSK 5
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
HSK 5
to adjust / to regulate / to harmonize / to reconcile (accountancy etc)
HSK 5
rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat
HSK 6
Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)
HSK 6
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April)
HSK 6
season; time
HSK 6
public holiday
HSK 6
Christmas time / Christmas season / Christmas
HSK 6
to come apart
HSK 7-9
joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase
HSK 7-9
carnival
HSK 7-9
festive day / holiday
HSK 7-9
to celebrate a festival / after the celebrations (i.e. once the festival is over)
HSK 7-9
frugal; economical
HSK 7-9
to save water
HSK 7-9
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
HSK 7-9
solar term
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
Children's Day
of noble character and unquestionable integrity (idiom)
Chinese New Year festivities
monosyllabic / a monosyllable
Fiesta de Saint Fermin, festival held annually in Pamplona, Spain
chapter / section
to save food / to go on a diet
(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
air conditioning
(diplomatic) envoy
Arbor Day (March 12th), also known as National Tree Planting Day 全民義務植樹日|全民义务植树日
to not bother about trifles (idiom)
to save electricity / power saving
daylight saving time
Easter
regulator
All Saints (Christian festival)
to practice strict economy (idiom)
arthritis
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
node
television program
Valentine's Day
inessentials / minor detail
music festival
International Women's Day (March 8)
Mother's Day
joint (of the skeleton)
variety show
International Women's Day (March 8)
(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
(Islam) Eid al-Adha, the Festival of Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Islamic calendar
Bijie, prefecture-level city in Guizhou Province 貴州省|贵州省
the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
beat (music) / meter
a minor matter / trivia / bar (music)
bamboo joint
Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up to late Dec on Gregorian calendar) / also called 哈努卡節|哈努卡节 and simply 哈努卡
to extract / to excerpt / excerpt
segmented
April Fools' Day
Father's Day
to save / savings
major festival / important matter / major principle / high moral character
flagellum
the New Year festival
Fengjie, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
Thanksgiving Day
Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased
International Labor Day (May Day)
Double Ninth or Yang Festival / 9th day of 9th lunar month
Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
joint (of the skeleton)
Christmas (Tw)
to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke
character; moral integrity
etiquette
during holidays and festivals; on festive occasions such as New Year
nodule / tubercle
PRC National Day (October 1st)
(coll.) grudge; strife / (coll.) good manners
to control / to restrict / to moderate / to temper / moderation / sobriety / to administer
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
arthropod
abridged version
rheumatoid arthritis
knuckle
twisted roots and intertwined joints (idiom); complicated and very tricky / knotty and deeply-rooted difficulties
minor details / trifles

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