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不平等条约

bù píng děng tiáo yuē

5-character word Traditional 不平等條約

What 不平等条约 means

1. (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)

The characters in 不平等条约

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.
• 条tiáostrip; item; article
• 约yuēto make an appointment; to invite; approximately