(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)
rivers and lakes / all corners of the country / remote areas to which hermits retreat / section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law / the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wu3xia2]) / (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc / demimonde / (in modern times) triads / secret gangster societies / underworld
person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor
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)
thigh / part of a whole / portion of a sum / (finance) stock / share / strand of a thread / low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科[ke1] / classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc / classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff / classifier for bands of people, gangs etc / classifier for sudden forceful actions
the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc)
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-range and Shorter-range Missiles / Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty / INF Treaty / Washington Treaty
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-range and Shorter-range Missiles / Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty / INF Treaty / Washington Treaty
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty / SALT II Treaty
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty / SALT II Treaty
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Treaty on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty / SALT II Treaty
International Treaty for the Limitation of Naval Armament / Treaty Between the United States of America, the British Empire, France, Italy, and Japan / Washington Naval Treaty
Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms / Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms / START I Treaty / START I
The four tones
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