合同

(business) contract / CL:個|个[ge4]

100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗

to close / to join / to fit / to be equal to / whole / together / round (in battle) / conjunction (astronomy) / 1st note of pentatonic scale / old variant of 盒[he2]

variant of 合[he2]

like / same / similar / together / alike / with

see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]

contract law

service contract

parties to a contract (law)

a deal where the parties collude to sign an under-the-table "yin contract" 陰合同|阴合同 as well as an ostensibly genuine "yang contract" 陽合同|阳合同 in order to deceive authorities

labor contract / contract between employer and employees governing wages and conditions