Chinchow
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Definitions
- 1 Dated form of Jinzhou. alt-of, dated
"At the beginning of December, the position was that the Chinese still insisted upon the suspension of hostilities without reservations—an attempt to save the Chinchow area from Japanese hands—while the Japanese declared that they must have a "free hand" to deal with "bandits" after the suspension of hostilities—"bandits " being an elastic phrase which, as events proved, was employed to cover operations against regular Chinese forces thirty thousand strong."
Synonyms
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More examples"At the beginning of December, the position was that the Chinese still insisted upon the suspension of hostilities without reservations—an attempt to save the Chinchow area from Japanese hands—while the Japanese declared that they must have a "free hand" to deal with "bandits" after the suspension of hostilities—"bandits " being an elastic phrase which, as events proved, was employed to cover operations against regular Chinese forces thirty thousand strong."
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 錦州／锦州 (Jǐnzhōu).
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