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订立

dìng lì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 訂立

订立 (dìng lì) means "to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 订立 means

1. to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc)
2. to set up (a rule etc)

The characters in 订立

• 订dìngto agree; to conclude; to draw up
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish

Sounds the same

Read dìng lì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 定力ability to concentrate; willpower; resolve
• 定例usual practice; routine

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