| 不平等条约 |
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) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不平 |
bù píng |
uneven / injustice / unfairness / wrong / grievance / indignant / dissatisfied |
| 不平等 |
bù píng děng |
inequality / unfairness |
| 平 |
Píng |
surname Ping |
| 平 |
píng |
flat / level / equal / to tie (make the same score) / to draw (score) / calm / peaceful / abbr. for 平声 |
| 平等 |
píng děng |
equal / equality |
| 等 |
děng |
to wait for; to await / by the time; when; till / and so on; etc.; et al. / (bound form) class; rank; grade / (bound form) equal to; same as / (used to end an enumeration) / (literary) (plural suffix attached to a personal pronoun or noun) |
| 条 |
tiáo |
strip / item / article / clause (of law or treaty) / classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) |
| 条约 |
tiáo yuē |
treaty / pact / CL:个 |
| 约 |
yāo |
to weigh in a balance or on a scale |
| 约 |
yuē |
to make an appointment / to invite / approximately / pact / treaty / to economize / to restrict / to reduce (a fraction) / concise |