Shaohsing
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 Alternative form of Shaoxing. alt-of, alternative
"After a short stay at Kinhwa, Ch'iu Chin returned to Shaohsing, and there she first heard the bad news from Kiangsi—the execution of many of her personal friends, the arrest and imprisonment of others. All hope of co-operation was thus destroyed."
Example
More examples"After a short stay at Kinhwa, Ch'iu Chin returned to Shaohsing, and there she first heard the bad news from Kiangsi—the execution of many of her personal friends, the arrest and imprisonment of others. All hope of co-operation was thus destroyed."
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 紹興／绍兴 (Shàoxīng) Wade–Giles romanization: Shao⁴-hsing¹.
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