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HSK
approximately / probably
HSK 3
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
appointment / engagement / date / CL: , 個|个 / to arrange to meet
HSK 4
to restrict / condition
HSK 5
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to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise
HSK 3
established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement / customary convention
HSK 7-9
(idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
HSK 7-9
to sign a contract or agreement
HSK 5
convention (i.e. international agreement)
HSK 7-9
booking / reservation / to book / to make an appointment
HSK 6
peace treaty
agreement / contract
HSK 7-9
(neologism c. 2014) (slang) Are you interested? (originally an invitation for casual sex, later generalized as a playful or humorous invitation for any activity)
Job (name) / Book of Job in the Old Testament
New York state
lease
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
to keep an appointment
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 6
(idiom) diligent and thrifty
New Yorker
highest common factor HCF / greatest common divisor GCD
to restrict / to limit to / to constrain / restriction / constraint
HSK 5
to arrange a meeting for a formal talk (usu. by an authority with a subordinate); to summon for questioning or a warning
common measure
to arrive as planned / right on schedule
John the Baptist
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
treaty / pact / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
to agree (on a meeting place, date etc) / to reach agreement / to make an appointment
HSK 7-9
New York
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
to miss an appointment
takeover bid
restrictive condition / constraint
New Testament
to invite / invitation
to practice strict economy (idiom)
entente / pact / agreement / negotiated settlement
to break a promise / to violate an agreement / to default (on a loan or contract)
HSK 7-9
vague; faint; indistinct
HSK 7-9
common factor / common divisor
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
sketchy / concise / abbreviated
Gjøvik (city in Oppland, Norway)
app-based taxi
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
cash equivalent (accountancy)
graceful and subdued (style)
to agree on sth (after discussion) / to conclude a bargain / to arrange / to promise / to stipulate / to make an appointment / stipulated (time, amount, quality etc) / an arrangement / a deal / appointment / undertaking / commitment / understanding / engagement / stipulation
HSK 6
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
(of a contract) binding (law)
approximate / rough
(idiom) graceful; lovely
to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ...; to regard (sth) as merely ...
John (name) / Johan (name) / Johann (name)
(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 make a contract
to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise
secret appointment
partner for dating / a date (boyfriend or girlfriend)
to invite sb to go along with oneself (to a meeting, on a trip etc)
frugal; economical; thrifty
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
signatory states / countries that are party to a treaty
the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
New York Times (newspaper)
agreement between the residents of a , an administrative district under a city or town (Tw)
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)
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 break a promise / breach of contract
specially engaged / employed or commissioned for a special task
John Rabe (1882-1950), German who helped protect Chinese during the Nanking massacre period
New York City
to invite / to issue an invitation
treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
restricted / constrained
contract / written agreement
book contract
Johannesburg, South Africa
to estimate; to guess / about; around; approximately
to terminate an agreement / to cancel a contract
Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
legal force (i.e. binding in law)
Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
to conclude a treaty
Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
futures contract (finance)
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
Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia
John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
St John's, capital of Labrador and Newfoundland province, Canada
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
Jordan River (in southwestern Asia)
oath / vow / pledge / promise
surname Arroyo

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