违约 違約

违 違

• 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄨㄟˊ gau2 wai4 (haven't done sth) for a long time
• 违反 違反 wéi fǎn ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄢˇ wai4 faan2 to violate (a law)
• 违法 違法 wéi fǎ ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄚˇ wai4 faat3 illegal
• 违章 違章 wéi zhāng ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄤ wai4 zoeng1 to break the rules
• 违背 違背 wéi bèi ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄟˋ wai4 bui3 to go against

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

• 事与愿违 事與願違 shì yǔ yuàn wéi ㄕˋ ㄩˇ ㄩㄢˋ ㄨㄟˊ si6 jyu5 jyun6 wai4 things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
• 违法乱纪 違法亂紀 wéi fǎ luàn jì ㄨㄟˊ ㄈㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ wai4 faat3 lyun6 gei2 lit. to break the law and violate the rules (idiom)
• 违利赴名 違利赴名 wéi lì fù míng ㄨㄟˊ ㄌㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ wai4 lei6 fu6 ming4 to renounce profit and seek fame (idiom); to abandon greed for reputation

• 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)