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Warsaw Pact, Soviet-led military alliance (1955–1991) (abbr. for 華沙條約組織|华沙条约组织)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
covenant
treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment
HSK 6
(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)
to conclude a treaty
agreement / contract
HSK 7-9
to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment
HSK 7-9
peace treaty
graceful and subdued (style)
New York
specially engaged / employed or commissioned for a special task
to practice strict economy (idiom)
entente / pact / agreement / negotiated settlement
(idiom) diligent and thrifty
to miss an appointment
to sign a contract or agreement
HSK 5
trade treaty (abbr. for 通商條約|通商条约) / to mutually agree (to do sth) (abbr. for 商量約定|商量约定)
sketchy / concise / abbreviated
to break a promise
convention (i.e. international agreement)
HSK 7-9
peace treaty
to miss an appointment
treaty / pact / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
terms (of an agreement)
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
to restrict / condition
HSK 5
oath / vow / pledge / promise
Old Testament
former agreement / former contract
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
approximately / probably
HSK 3
engagement / wedding contract
takeover bid
to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ...; to regard (sth) as merely ...
vague; faint; indistinct
HSK 7-9
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 6
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
to terminate an agreement / to cancel a contract
bet / wager
intensive
movie contract
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
agreement between the residents of a , an administrative district under a city or town (Tw)
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
futures contract (finance)
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia
Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
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
to renew or extend a contract
forward contract (finance)
to break a promise / breach of contract
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
frugal; economical; thrifty
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
common measure
to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise
Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
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
to make a contract
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
to invite / invitation
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
lease
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
secret appointment
Shen Yue (441-513), writer and historian during Liang of Southern dynasties 南朝梁, compiler of History of Song of the Southern dynasties 宋書|宋书
in violation of contract and good faith
the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt
contract of alliance / oath or treaty between allies
contraction (in grammar) / abbreviation
surname Arroyo
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争
(literary) graceful; charming
book contract
Sampaio (name) / Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006 / Sampaio, town in Brazil
(idiom) to live frugally
to keep an appointment
contract / written agreement
(idiom) vaguely; faintly; indistinctly
to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
to conclude a treaty / to make an agreement / contract (at bridge)
New Testament
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora / CITES
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
unequal treaty of 1898 whereby the Qing dynasty ceded the lease of Lüshun (Port Arthur) to Russia
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to weigh in a balance or on a scale
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to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise
HSK 3
(idiom) graceful; lovely

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