約 yuē

treaty, agreement, covenant

DEFINITIONS

約 yuē
  • to make an appointment
  • to invite
  • approximately
  • pact
  • treaty
  • to economize
  • to restrict
  • to reduce (a fraction)
  • concise
約 yāo
  • to weigh in a balance or on a scale

WORDS

不可通約 bù kě tōng yuē having no common measure; incommensurable; incommensurate
不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē unequal treaty
不擴散核武器條約 bù kuò sàn hé wǔ qì tiáo yuē Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
不約而同 bù yuē ér tóng to agree by chance (idiom); taking the same action without prior consultation
中俄伊犁條約 zhōng é yī lí tiáo yuē Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
中俄北京條約 zhōng é běi jīng tiáo yuē the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
中俄尼布楚條約 zhōng é ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
中俄改訂條約 zhōng é gǎi dìng tiáo yuē Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
中法新約 zhōng fǎ xīn yuē treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
信貸違約掉期 xìn dài wéi yuē diào qī credit default swap (finance)
儉約 jiǎn yuē sparing; economical
兒童權利公約 ér tóng quán lì gōng yuē Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
全面禁止核試驗條約 quán miàn jìn zhǐ hé shì yàn tiáo yuē Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
公民權利和政治權利國際公約 gōng mín quán lì hé zhèng zhì quán lì guó jì gōng yuē International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
公約 gōng yuē convention (i.e. international agreement)
公約數 gōng yuē shù common factor; common divisor
制約 zhì yuē to restrict; condition
勤儉節約 qín jiǎn jié yuē diligent and thrifty (idiom)
北大西洋公約組織 běi dà xī yáng gōng yuē zǔ zhī North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
北約 běi yuē NATO; abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4 xi1 Yang2 Gong1 yue1 Zu3 zhi1], North Atlantic Treaty Organization
協約 xié yuē entente; pact; agreement; negotiated settlement
協約國 xié yuē guó Allies; entente (i.e. Western powers allied to China in WW1)
南京條約 nán jīng tiáo yuē Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
博文約禮 bó wén yuē lǐ vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
厲行節約 lì xíng jié yuē to practice strict economy (idiom)
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