Taching
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Daqing (Prefecture-level City) alt-of, alternative
"That there was no 'oil boom town' atmosphere at Taching, no bars, brothels or night clubs doing a roaring trade as technicians and oil drillers with fat pay cheques swaggered in from lonely drilling sites for a long week-end, obviously did not surprise us. That concept of 'Great Celebration' left for Taiwan with the Kuomintang. It was difficult at first to locate Taching city - an oilfield capital."
- 2 Alternative form of Daqing (Oil Field) alt-of, alternative
"Taching is supposed to be accounting for about a third of the total mainland oil output."
Example
More examples"That there was no 'oil boom town' atmosphere at Taching, no bars, brothels or night clubs doing a roaring trade as technicians and oil drillers with fat pay cheques swaggered in from lonely drilling sites for a long week-end, obviously did not surprise us. That concept of 'Great Celebration' left for Taiwan with the Kuomintang. It was difficult at first to locate Taching city - an oilfield capital."
Etymology
From Mandarin 大慶／大庆 (Dàqìng) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-chʻing⁴.