Luan
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of lauan. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
- 1 A surname from Mandarin.
"Luan Cheng (欒丞), an officer from the Jhonghe Second Police Precinct, on Tuesday approached 19-year-old Yen Ju-yi (顏如憶) who was selling betel nuts at a small shop in Jhonghe City (中和), Taipei County, and told her she was showing too much skin and may have violated the law.[…] While Yen has accused Luan of causing bodily harm, Luan said that Yen prevented an officer of the law from exercising his duties and slandered him."
- 2 Alternative form of Lu'an. alt-of, alternative
"All prefectures and municipalities in Anhwei have held mass rallies to acclaim the instructions of Chariman Hua, Vice Chairman Yeh and leading comrades of the central authorities on solving the leadership problem in the provincial CCP committee and to expose and criticize the mistakes of the former principal leading person of the provincial CCP committee.[…] Some 40,000 people attended a Luan Prefecture rally on 30 June. (Hu Tan), secretary of the prefectural CCP committee; (Wang Min-hsueh), political commissar of Luan Military Subdistrict, and others addressed the rally."
Example
More examples"Luan Cheng (欒丞), an officer from the Jhonghe Second Police Precinct, on Tuesday approached 19-year-old Yen Ju-yi (顏如憶) who was selling betel nuts at a small shop in Jhonghe City (中和), Taipei County, and told her she was showing too much skin and may have violated the law.[…] While Yen has accused Luan of causing bodily harm, Luan said that Yen prevented an officer of the law from exercising his duties and slandered him."
Etymology
From Mandarin 欒 /栾 (Luán).
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