中俄改订条约

Traditional form:

中俄改訂條約

Pinyin (reading):

Zhōng E Gǎidìng Tiáoyuē

Definitions:

• Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights

Characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 俄 - sudden, abrupt; used in transliterations
• 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
• 订 - to make an order; to draw up an agreement
• 条 - clause, condition; string, stripe
• 约 - treaty, covenant, agreement

Traditional characters:

• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 俄 - sudden, abrupt; used in transliterations
• 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
• 訂 - to make an order; to draw up an agreement
• 條 - clause, condition; string, stripe
• 約 - treaty, covenant, agreement