约旦河 約旦河

约 約

• 公约 公約 gōng yuē ㄍㄨㄥ ㄩㄝ gung1 joek3 convention (i.e. international agreement)
• 制约 制約 zhì yuē ㄓˋ ㄩㄝ zai3 joek3 to restrict
• 合约 合約 hé yuē ㄏㄜˊ ㄩㄝ hap6 joek3 contract; agreement
• 大约 大約 dà yuē ㄉㄚˋ ㄩㄝ daai6 joek3 approximately
• 契约 契約 qì yuē ㄑㄧˋ ㄩㄝ kai3 joek3 agreement

旦

• 一旦 yī dàn ㄧ ㄉㄢˋ jat1 daan3 in case (sth happens)
• 元旦 Yuán dàn ㄩㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ jyun4 daan3 New Year's Day
• 乾旦 qián dàn ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄉㄢˋ gon1 daan3 male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
• 平旦 píng dàn ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄢˋ ping4 daan3 (literary) daybreak
• 复旦 復旦 Fù dàn ㄈㄨˋ ㄉㄢˋ fuk6 daan3 Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 复旦大学

河

• 河流 hé liú ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ho4 lau4 river
• 河畔 hé pàn ㄏㄜˊ ㄆㄢˋ ho4 bun6 riverside
• 运河 運河 yùn hé ㄩㄣˋ ㄏㄜˊ wan6 ho4 canal
• 三河 Sān hé ㄙㄢ ㄏㄜˊ saam1 ho4 see 三河市
• 五河 Wǔ hé ㄨˇ ㄏㄜˊ ng5 ho4 see 五河县

• 博文约礼 博文約禮 bó wén yuē lǐ ㄅㄛˊ ㄨㄣˊ ㄩㄝ ㄌㄧˇ bok3 man4 joek3 lai5 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
• 不约而同 不約而同 bù yuē ér tóng ㄅㄨˋ ㄩㄝ ㄦˊ ㄊㄨㄥˊ bat1 joek3 ji4 tung4 (idiom) (of two or more people) to take the same action without prior consultation; (usu. used adverbially) all (or both) of them, independently; as if by prior agreement
• 词约指明 詞約指明 cí yuē zhǐ míng ㄘˊ ㄩㄝ ㄓˇ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ci4 joek3 zi2 ming4 concise but unambiguous (idiom)

• 毁于一旦 毀於一旦 huǐ yú yī dàn ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˊ ㄧ ㄉㄢˋ wai2 jyu1 jat1 daan3 (idiom) ruined in a short time (esp. of sth that took a long time or great effort to achieve)
• 命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī ㄇㄧㄥˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄉㄢˋ ㄒㄧ ming6 zoi6 daan3 zik6 to be at death's door (idiom)
• 通宵达旦 通宵達旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn ㄊㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄉㄚˊ ㄉㄢˋ tung1 siu1 daat6 daan3 overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long

• 暴虎冯河 暴虎馮河 bào hǔ píng hé ㄅㄠˋ ㄏㄨˇ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄜˊ bou6 fu2 fung4 ho4 lit. fight tigers with one's bare hands and wade across raging rivers (idiom)
• 过河拆桥 過河拆橋 guò hé chāi qiáo ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄔㄞ ㄑㄧㄠˊ gwo3 ho4 caak3 kiu4 lit. to destroy the bridge after crossing the river (idiom)
• 海晏河清 hǎi yàn hé qīng ㄏㄞˇ ㄧㄢˋ ㄏㄜˊ ㄑㄧㄥ lit. the Yellow River is clear and the seas are calm (idiom)