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HSK
(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
holiday / festival / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *節* | 節* | *節
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
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat
HSK 6
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
public holiday
HSK 6
frugal; economical
HSK 7-9
to save water
HSK 7-9
solar term
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
to save food / to go on a diet
(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
node
(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
beat (music) / meter
to extract / to excerpt / excerpt
to save / savings
step by step / little by little
to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke
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
to practice birth control
to economize on gasoline / fuel-efficient
integrity / moral principle
to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat
rhythm / pace
(of a woman) indomitably chaste
season; time of year
erhua variant of 節骨眼|节骨眼
arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs / same as 節肢動物|节肢动物
gnarl / knot
to save electricity / power saving
festival
a throttle
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
between joints
metronome
throttle
festival season
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
Boxing Day, holiday on 26th December (the day after Christmas Day) in some countries
beatboxing
abridged version
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *節* | 節* | *節
solar term; seasonal division (one of 24 periods in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, governing agricultural timing and cultural festivals)
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
Rhythm and Blues R&B
to save on expenditure
throttle pedal / accelerator
abbreviation
gnarl; knot
knot (in wood)
arbovirus
excerpt / selection (from a book) / to select / to choose an extract


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