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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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *节* | 节* | *节
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
holiday / festival / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
public holiday
HSK 6
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat
HSK 6
solar term
HSK 7-9
frugal; economical
HSK 7-9
to save water
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke
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festival
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *节* | 节* | *节
to save electricity / power saving
beat (music) / meter
to save / savings
to save food / to go on a diet
step by step / little by little
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
to extract / to excerpt / excerpt
rhythm / pace
arthropod
to control / to restrict / to moderate / to temper / moderation / sobriety / to administer
to economize on gasoline / fuel-efficient
(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
excerpt / selection (from a book) / to select / to choose an extract
to practice birth control
(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
abridged version
integrity / moral principle
to save on expenditure
gnarl / knot
(of a woman) indomitably chaste
festival season
season; time of year
between joints
gnarl; knot
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
metronome
knot (in wood)
a throttle
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
Rhythm and Blues R&B
to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat
Boxing Day, holiday on 26th December (the day after Christmas Day) in some countries
arbovirus
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
solar term; seasonal division (one of 24 periods in the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, governing agricultural timing and cultural festivals)
beatboxing
throttle
throttle pedal / accelerator
abbreviation
abridged version
arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs / same as 節肢動物|节肢动物
erhua variant of 節骨眼|节骨眼


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