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条
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Definitions
- 1. strip
- 2. item
- 3. article
- 4. clause (of law or treaty)
- 5. classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc)
Example Sentences
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Words Containing 条
lath
lit. one dragon
wool top, semiprocessed raw wool
four of a kind
long narrow table
rule
list of deaths
regulations
see 柳條湖事件|柳条湖事件[liǔ tiáo hú shì jiàn]
doctrine
leave of absence request (from work or school)
noodles
crate
steel bar
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
(of a woman) slim
furniture beetle
set of (usually four) hanging scrolls
(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)
conditional probability
willow
necessary and sufficient condition
steel rails
thong
clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
thick-skinned
the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria
receipt
Tojo Hideki (1884-1948), Japanese military leader hanged as war criminal in 1948
shred
the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939)
strip of lead
pimp
popsicle
strip
label
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
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
bleak; desolate
leave of absence request (from work or school)
peace treaty
creed
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
to write an IOU or promissory note
preconditions
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
cutlet
a sawblade
french fries
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
terms of payment
Treaty of Nanjing (1842) that concluded the First Opium War between Qing China and Britain
half a life
(informal) note
dogmatism
a law
lead story (on the news)
three of a kind (poker)
spline function (math.)
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia
Boxer Protocol of 1901 signed in Beijing, ending the Eight-power Allied Force intervention after the Boxer uprising
restrictive condition
regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
tampon
unequal treaty of 1898 whereby the Qing dynasty ceded the lease of Lüshun (Port Arthur) to Russia
arrangement
ice lolly
banner advertisement
rack (and pinion)
receipt
conditions for consistency
all roads lead to Rome
bench
\sparrow pecking\ moxibustion technique (TCM)
orderly and logical (of writing)
IOU
Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia
ink stick
menu bar (of a computer application)
drawing (textile industry)
(law) unfair clause
slick customer
french fries
see 拉皮條|拉皮条[lā pí tiáo]
branch
chain
clause (of contract or law)
(bird species of China) striated laughingthrush (Garrulax striatus)
instruction
gentle stick moxibustion (TCM)
spoke (of wheel)
weal (e.g. from whipping)
Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689) between Qing China and Russia
Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights
(literary) systematic arrangement
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
(of male friends) to have been through thick and thin together
(idiom) dead end
Treaty of Shimonoseki (1895), concluding the First Sino-Japanese War 甲午戰爭|甲午战争[jiǎ wǔ zhàn zhēng]
slim
rack and pinion jack
everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy
stripe
one-stop service
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)
unconditional
clause
scrollbar (computing)
franchise clause (insurance)
crate
unwanted branches (of a tree etc)
dictionary entry
Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States
receipt for a loan
Willow palisade across Liaoning, 17th century barrier
unconditioned reflex (physiology)
to be of one mind
lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
brief note
conditional
conditioned response
barcode
lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
moxa stick, moxa roll (TCM)
non-compete clause (law)
youtiao (deep-fried breadstick)
(wheel) spoke
paper docket confirming a transaction
(slang) to go to the toilet
to procure
conditional clause
disclaimer
to analyze thoroughly, point by point (idiom)
short note
magnetic stripe
treaty
commandment
(ox etc) tongue (as food)
barcode
fixed framework (idiom); restriction of social conventions and taboos (usually derogatory)
french fries
(slang) to take a dump
paling
banner advertisement
seal
vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc)
to drill (i.e. plant seeds in spaced rows)
the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
(computing) progress bar
natural conditions
wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy)
stark naked
a bar
toolbar (in computer software)
rack and pinion
(idiom) clear and orderly; neat and tidy
silver bar
sick note
unconditional surrender
conditioned reflex
to defecate (slang)
requirement
Treaty of Livadia (1879) between Russia and China, relating to territory in Chinese Turkistan, renegotiated in 1881 (Treaty of St. Petersburg)
unhurried
slip of paper
striped
regulations; rules; code of conduct; ordinances; statutes
stick moxibustion
to lay out (an argument) item by item
(used to modify 事情[shì qing]) serious
condition; circumstance; term; factor
LED strip light
spicy sticks, a snack food similar to beef jerky but made with flour or dried beancurd instead of meat
rattan
a precondition; a prerequisite
IOU
fuel rods
travel pass
tampon
entire
the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia
long narrow table
economic depression
spring
Tianjin agreement of 1885 between Li Hongzhang 李鴻章|李鸿章[lǐ hóng zhāng] and ITŌ Hirobumi 伊藤博文[yī téng bó wén] to pull Qing and Japanese troops out of Korea
to stick to one's ways
top news story
Treaty of Lhasa (1904) between British empire and Tibet
to pass a message
nuclear test ban treaty
terms of use
bar chart
scrap paper