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HSK
approximately / probably
HSK 3
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
to restrict / condition
HSK 5
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  *約* | 約* | *約
to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise
HSK 3
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
lease
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
to keep an appointment
contract; agreement / CL:
HSK 6
(idiom) diligent and thrifty
common measure
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
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
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
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织)
graceful and subdued (style)
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)
(idiom) graceful; lovely
to simplistically reduce (sth) to just ...; to regard (sth) as merely ...
(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
frugal; economical; thrifty
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
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
treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
contract / written agreement
book contract
to terminate an agreement / to cancel a contract
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
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
oath / vow / pledge / promise
surname Arroyo
Warsaw Pact, Soviet-led military alliance (1955–1991) (abbr. for 華沙條約組織|华沙条约组织)
peace treaty
intensive
to keep an appointment / to keep one's word
covenant
to renew or extend a contract
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to weigh in a balance or on a scale
Old Testament
former agreement / former contract
bet / wager
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
contract of alliance / oath or treaty between allies
contraction (in grammar) / abbreviation
unequal treaty of 1898 whereby the Qing dynasty ceded the lease of Lüshun (Port Arthur) to Russia
Sampaio (name) / Jorge Sampaio (1939-), Portuguese lawyer and politician, president of Portugal 1996-2006 / Sampaio, town in Brazil
terms (of an agreement)
the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt
Doctrine and Covenants
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
to conclude a treaty / to make an agreement / contract (at bridge)
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora / CITES
movie contract
UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
New Testament
to keep a promise / to honor an agreement
(literary) graceful; charming
(idiom) to live frugally
in violation of contract and good faith
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
to miss an appointment; to break an appointment
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
(idiom) vaguely; faintly; indistinctly
to break a promise
to restrict / to agree to a contract / offer; bid
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet

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