| 旅大租地条约 |
Lǚ Dà Zū dì Tiáo yuē |
unequal treaty of 1898 whereby the Qing dynasty ceded the lease of Lüshun (Port Arthur) to Russia |
| 旅 |
lǚ |
trip / travel / to travel / brigade (army) |
| 旅大 |
Lǚ Dà |
Lüshun 旅顺 port and Dalian city 大连, Liaoning Province 辽宁省 |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 租 |
zū |
to hire / to rent / to charter / to rent out / to lease out / rent / land tax |
| 租地 |
zū dì |
to rent land / to lease farmland |
| 地 |
de |
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 地 |
dì |
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片 |
| 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 |