"treaty-made law" Chinese-English Dictionary

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tiáo strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) syn
执法 執法 zhí fǎ to enforce a law / law enforcement
叫声 叫聲 jiào shēng yelling (sound made by person) / barking / braying / roaring (sound made by animals) syn
特制 特製 tè zhì specially made / custom-made
定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn
定制 定製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made
严刑 嚴刑 yán xíng strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously syn
起诉书 起訴書 qǐ sù shū indictment (law) / statement of charges (law) syn
天造地设 天造地設 tiān zào dì shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom) / ideal / perfect / (of a match) made in heaven / to be made for one another
亲家 親家 qìng jia parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law / relatives by marriage syn
订制 訂製 dìng zhì custom-made / made-to-order / to have sth custom made
王法 wáng fǎ the law / the law of the land / the law of a state (in former times) / criterion syn
以身试法 以身試法 yǐ shēn shì fǎ to challenge the law (idiom) / to knowingly violate the law syn
护法 護法 hù fǎ to keep the law / to protect Buddha's teachings / protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor)
法治 fǎ zhì rule of law / to rule by law syn
贪赃枉法 貪贓枉法 tān zāng wǎng fǎ corruption and abuse of the law (idiom) / to take bribes and bend the law syn
天道 tiān dào natural law / heavenly law / weather (dialect) syn
公司法 gōng sī fǎ corporations law / company law / corporate law
豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn
习惯法 習慣法 xí guàn fǎ customary law / common law
婆媳 pó xí mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
不平等条约 不平等條約 bù píng děng tiáo yuē (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)
法政 fá zhèng law and government / law and politics syn
龟苓膏 龜苓膏 guī líng gāo turtle jelly, medicine made with powdered turtle shell and herbs / a similar product made without turtle shell and consumed as a dessert
lào (bound form) semi-solid food made from milk (junket, cheese etc) / (bound form) fruit jelly / sweet paste made with crushed nuts / Taiwan pr. [luo4] syn
执法如山 執法如山 zhí fǎ rú shān to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly syn
法官法 fǎ guān fǎ judge-made law
de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
拜拜 bài bai to pay one's respects by bowing with hands in front of one's chest clasping joss sticks, or with palms pressed together / (Tw) religious ceremony in which offerings are made to a deity syn
人造 rén zào man-made / artificial / synthetic syn
自制 自製 zì zhì self-made / improvised / homemade / handmade syn
条约 條約 tiáo yuē treaty / pact / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
海绵 海綿 hǎi mián (zoology) sea sponge / (esp.) dried sea sponge / sponge (made from polyester or cellulose etc) / foam rubber
出炉 出爐 chū lú to take out of the furnace / fresh out of the oven / fig. newly announced / recently made available
机制 機製 jī zhì machine-processed / machine-made syn
定做 dìng zuò to have something made to order
人为 人為 rén wéi artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort syn
签订 簽訂 qiān dìng to agree to and sign (a treaty etc) syn
背黑锅 背黑鍋 bēi hēi guō to be made a scapegoat / to be unjustly blamed syn
北约 北約 běi yuē NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) (abbr. for 北大西洋公約組織|北大西洋公约组织[Bei3 Da4xi1 Yang2 Gong1yue1 Zu3zhi1])
现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made / readily available syn
波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo
材质 材質 cái zhì texture of timber / quality of material / material (that sth is made of) syn
草包 cǎo bāo bag made of woven straw / bag filled with straw / (fig.) a good-for-nothing / clumsy oaf syn
眼色 yǎn sè signal made with one's eyes / meaningful glance syn
法制 法製 fǎ zhì made in France syn
耍赖 耍賴 shuǎ lài to act shamelessly / to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc / to act dumb / to act as if sth never happened syn
和约 和約 hé yuē peace treaty syn
门闩 門閂 mén shuān horizontal bar to hold a door closed (made of wood or metal) / door bolt syn
成衣 chéng yī ready-made clothes syn
皮球 pí qiú ball (made of rubber, leather etc)
盟约 盟約 méng yuē contract of alliance / oath or treaty between allies syn
麻花 má huā fried dough twist (crisp snack food made by deep-frying plaited dough) / worn out or worn smooth (of clothes) syn
年糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour
蒲团 蒲團 pú tuán praying mat (Buddhism, made of woven cattail)
签定 簽定 qiān dìng to sign (a contract, treaty etc) syn
犒劳 犒勞 kào láo to reward with food and drink / to feast (sb) / presents of food etc made to troops / Taiwan pr. [kao4 lao4] syn
病友 bìng yǒu a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate
面食 麵食 miàn shí food made from wheat flour, such as noodles, dumplings, buns etc
订立 訂立 dìng lì to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc) / to set up (a rule etc) syn
增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received
水饺 水餃 shuǐ jiǎo boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)
议定书 議定書 yì dìng shū protocol / treaty
雷锋 雷鋒 léi fēng Lei Feng (1940-1962), made into a model of altruism and dedication to the Party by propaganda from 1963 onwards
化纤 化纖 huà xiān man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4xue2 xian1wei2]) syn
天灾人祸 天災人禍 tiān zāi rén huò natural calamities and man-made disasters (idiom) syn
图版 圖版 tú bǎn printing plate bearing an image (illustration, photo etc) / print made with such a plate
成药 成藥 chéng yào patent medicine / medicine already made up
商埠 shāng bù commercial port / trading port / treaty port (old)
粉条 粉條 fěn tiáo vermicelli made from mung bean starch etc syn
大福 dà fú a great blessing / daifuku, a traditional Japanese sweet consisting of a soft, chewy outer layer made of glutinous rice (mochi) and a sweet filling, commonly red bean paste (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 大福 "daifuku")
春茶 chūn chá tea leaves gathered at springtime or the tea made from these leaves
人祸 人禍 rén huò man-made disaster
豆汁 dòu zhī douzhi, fermented drink made from ground mung beans / soy milk syn
维纶 維綸 wéi lún vinylon, synthetic fiber made from polyvinyl alcohol (loanword)
行货 行貨 háng huò authorized goods / genuine goods / crudely-made goods
五四 wǔ sì fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
订做 訂做 dìng zuò to make to order / to have sth made to order
中国制造 中國製造 zhōng guó zhì zào made in China
天成 tiān chéng as if made by heaven
钢制 鋼製 gāng zhì made of steel / steel (bar, screw, product etc)
铁打 鐵打 tiě dǎ made of iron / strong as iron
煲汤 煲湯 bāo tāng to simmer / soup made by simmering for a long time
五四运动 五四運動 wǔ sì yùn dòng May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
缔约国 締約國 dì yuē guó signatory states / countries that are party to a treaty
缔约 締約 dì yuē to conclude a treaty syn
纸钱 紙錢 zhǐ qián ritual money made of paper burnt for the Gods or the dead
化学纤维 化學纖維 huà xué xiān wéi man-made fiber syn
凹版 āo bǎn intaglio printing plate (or a print made with it)
银质 銀質 yín zhì made of silver
新造 xīn zào newly made
黄金屋 黃金屋 huáng jīn wū lit. house made of gold / fig. luxurious residence
八音 bā yīn ancient classification system for musical instruments, based on the material of which the instrument is made (metal 金, stone 石, clay 土, leather 革, silk 絲|丝, wood 木, gourd 匏, bamboo 竹) / the eight kinds of sound produced by instruments in these categories / music
鱼肚 魚肚 yú dǔ fish maw / a food dish made from the swim bladder of fish
人造纤维 人造纖維 rén zào xiān wéi man-made fiber
八宝粥 八寶粥 bā bǎo zhōu rice congee made with red beans, lotus seeds, longan, red dates, nuts etc
折线 折線 zhé xiàn broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments) / polygonal line / dog leg
缔约方 締約方 dì yuē fāng party in a contract, treaty etc
肠粉 腸粉 cháng fěn rice noodle roll, a roll made from sheets of rice flour dough, steamed and stuffed with meat, vegetables etc
虎符 hǔ fú tiger tally (a two-piece object made in the shape of a tiger, used in ancient China as proof of authority. One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required.) syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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