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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *節* | 節* | *節
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
HSK 2
(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 個|个, 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
holiday / festival / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to economize / to conserve (resources) / economy / frugal
HSK 3
saving / to save / to use sparingly / to cut down on
HSK 4
rhythm / tempo / musical pulse / cadence / beat
HSK 6
to conserve energy; to minimize energy consumption
HSK 6
public holiday
HSK 6
solar term
HSK 7-9
frugal; economical
HSK 7-9
to save water
HSK 7-9
to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *節* | 節* | *節
to save food / to go on a diet
restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase)
node
(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
beat (music) / meter
to extract / to excerpt / excerpt
step by step / little by little
to control flow / to choke / weir valve / a throttle / a choke
to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat
to control / to restrict / to moderate / to temper / moderation / sobriety / to administer
Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song
arthropod
abridged version
excerpt / selection (from a book) / to select / to choose an extract
(dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3]
to practice birth control
to economize on gasoline / fuel-efficient
integrity / moral principle
to save / savings
abbreviation
rhythm / pace
season; time of year
to save on expenditure
erhua variant of 節骨眼|节骨眼
arthropod, segmented animals with jointed limbs / same as 節肢動物|节肢动物
gnarl / knot
to save electricity / power saving
a new branch grows out of a knot (idiom); fig. side issues keep arising
between joints
metronome
throttle
festival season
compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
beatboxing
abridged version
Boxing Day, holiday on 26th December (the day after Christmas Day) in some countries
Rhythm and Blues R&B
festival
throttle pedal / accelerator
a throttle
(of a woman) indomitably chaste
gnarl; knot
knot (in wood)
arbovirus


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