yuē

treaty, agreement, covenant

HSK 4 #424

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

中俄伊犁条 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
中俄北京条 zhōng é běi jīng tiáo yuē the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
中俄尼布楚条 zhōng é ní bù chǔ tiáo yuē Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
中俄改订条 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 zhōng fǎ xīn yuē treaty of Tianjin of 1885 ceding Vietnam to France
信贷违掉期 xìn dài wéi yuē diào qī credit default swap (finance)
jiǎn yuē sparing; economical
儿童权利公 ér tóng quán lì gōng yuē Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
全面禁止核试验条 quán miàn jìn zhǐ hé shì yàn tiáo yuē Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
公民权利和政治权利国际公 gōng mín quán lì hé zhèng zhì quán lì guó jì gōng yuē International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
数 gōng yuē shù common factor; common divisor
北大西洋公组织 běi dà xī yáng gōng yuē zǔ zhī North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO
南京条 nán jīng tiáo yuē Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
博文礼 bó wén yuē lǐ vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
厉行节 lì xíng jié yuē to practice strict economy (idiom)
反酷刑折磨公 fǎn kù xíng zhé mó gōng yuē UN convention against torture and cruel treatment (ratified by PRC in 1988)
束 shòu yuē shù restricted; constrained
可通 kě tōng yuē commensurable; having a common measure
和平条 hé píng tiáo yuē peace treaty
塞缪尔・翰逊 sāi miù ěr ・ yuē hàn xùn Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) or Dr Johnson, English writer and lexicographer
大卫营和 dà wèi yíng hé yuē the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt
天津条 tiān jīn tiáo yuē 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
桥牌 qì yuē qiáo pái contract bridge (card game)
精神 qì yuē jīng shén culture of honoring contractual obligations
而至 rú yuē ér zhì to arrive as planned; right on schedule