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节

節traditional

HSK 3#986 by frequencyradical 艹

jié["n","q","g","v"]

classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc; (bound form) section; segment; joint; node; seasonal festival; (bound form) to economize; to save; solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar); (bound form) moral integrity; chastity; knot (nautical miles per hour)

jiē

see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jie1 gu5 yan3]

Examples

请节约用电。

Please save electricity.

复活节快乐。

Happy Easter!

See also: 节骨眼

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.