节（節）jié

Ⅰ ❶ （物体各段之间相连的地方） joint;knob;node: 骨 ～ joint (of bones)；～ 材 nodal wood；
脱 ～ out of joint；
竹 ～ bamboo joint
❷ （段落） division;part: 章 ～ chapters and sections；
音 ～ syllable
❸ （节日） festival;red-letter day;holiday: 春 ～ the Spring Festival；
国庆 ～ National Day；
中秋 ～ the Midautumn Festival；
国际服装 ～ the International Fashion Festival；
过 ～ celebrate [observe] a festival
❹ （事项） item: 生活小 ～ trifling personal matters；
细 ～ details
❺ （节操） moral integrity;chastity: 气 ～ moral integrity；
晚 ～ integrity in one's later years
❻ （姓氏） a surname: ～ 铎 Jie Duo Ⅱ  ❶ {航海} (船速单位；1节=每小时1海里) knot: 那艘船正以35 ～ 的速度航行。 The ship was sailing at 35 knots.
❷ （用于分段的事物或文章） section;length: 第三章第二 ～ Chapter Three,Section Two;18 ～ 车厢 eighteen railway coaches;4 ～ 课 four periods [classes]；一 ～ 钢管 a length of steel tube Ⅲ  ❶ (节约；节制) economize;save: ～ 煤 economize on coal;save coal；
我情愿 ～ 衣不愿缩食。 I'd rather economize on clothes than food.
❷ （删节） abridge: ～ 译 abridged translation
另见 see also jiē。
◆节哀 [书] restrain one's grief；
节哀顺变 restrain one's grief and accord with inevitable changes；
节疤 boss;knot;node；
节操 [书] high moral principple;moral integrity；
节点 {电} panel point;hybrid;packing;node;nodal points;joint of framework;pitch point;point pitch；
节电 economize on electricity;save electricity;dimout；
节假日 festival and holiday;red-letter day；
节俭 thrifty;frugal;economical；
节节败退 retreat one step after another;be steadily losing ground;crumble and flee in one defeat after another;make one retreat after another;suffer one defeat after another；
节节抵御 fight defensive actions at every step;point-by-point defense;resist the enemy at every step;the tactics of point-by-point defense；
节节胜利 win many victories in succession;go from victory to victory;push [march;go] forward from victory to victory;win a (fresh) series of victories;win continuous new victories (in);win [gain] victory after victory；
节径 {机} pitch diameter;{设计} nodal diameter；
节距 pitch;step；
节孔 knothole；
节令 climate and other natural phenomena of a season；
节令不等人 Time and tide wait for no man.;Don't miss the right season in farming.；
节流 reduce expenditure;{工} orificing;choke;throttle down,throttle back;throttle；
节流开源 regulate flowing and dig a new spring;broaden sources of income and reduce expenditure；
节录 extract;excerpt；
节律 rhythm；
节略 memorandum;[法] aide-mémoire;capsule；
节目 program;item (on a program); number；
节目传输 programme transmission；
节目存储器 program memory；
节目选择 program selecting；
节目制作 program producing；
节目制作技术 program production technique；
节目制作人 producer；
节目主持人 anchor；
节目主控室 master programme control room；
节能 energy conservation；
节能设备 energy-efficient equipment；
节能型产品 energy-saving product；
节能型经济结构 energy-saving economic structure；
节拍 {音} meter;beat;clock；
节片 nodal plate;proglottid;proglottis;segment；
节气阀 air throttle;restrictor;register;motion valve；
节气 a day marking one of the 24 divisions of the solar year in the traditional Chinese calendar;solar terms；
节热器 economizer；
节日 festival;red-letter day;holiday；
节省 economize;save;use sparingly;cut down on;retrench;gain;spare；
节食 be moderate in eating；
节头 section header; 节外生枝 New problems crop up unexpectedly.; bring up unnecessary ramifications;cause complica￣ tions;complicate matters;create side issues;raise obstacles；
节衣缩食 scant oneself in food and clothes;be more economical;save on food and clothing；
节用裕民 cut down annual expenditures in order to enrich the people；
节油器 economizer;fuel-economizing device;gasoline economizer；
节欲 continence；
节育 birth control;contraception;oligogenics；
节圆 {设计} pitch circle;nodal circle；
节约 practice thrift;economize;save;economy；
节约储蓄，未雨绸缪 practise economy and save money against a rainy day；
节肢动物 tardigvada;arthropod;Arthropoda；
节制 control;check;be moderate in;command;direct;control;temperance;abstinence;continence;governing;dryness；
节奏 rhythm