改订伊犁条约

Traditional form:

改訂伊犁條約

Pinyin (reading):

Gǎidìng Yīlí Tiáoyuē

Definitions:

• Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed to hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights

Characters:

• 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
• 订 - to make an order; to draw up an agreement
• 伊 - he she; this, that; used in transliterations
• 犁 - to plow
• 条 - clause, condition; string, stripe
• 约 - treaty, covenant, agreement

Traditional characters:

• 改 - to alter, to change, to improve, to remodel
• 訂 - to make an order; to draw up an agreement
• 伊 - he she; this, that; used in transliterations
• 犁 - to plow
• 條 - clause, condition; string, stripe
• 約 - treaty, covenant, agreement