Ti-hua
name ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Dihua (Ürümqi) alt-of, alternative
"SEPTEMBER 10 Conference with Madame. She went in to Ti Hua ³⁵ and did the dickering with the Sinkiang governor. Got him back in the fold. [He] hadn't been out of his yamen [courtyard] in six years. Heavily guarded. All [his] servants wear two guns. Suspicious of poison, examines wine corks before drinking, looks melons all over to see if they've been needled. Ti Hua a dump. "Looks like a bedraggled old tart," says Madame."
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More examples"SEPTEMBER 10 Conference with Madame. She went in to Ti Hua ³⁵ and did the dickering with the Sinkiang governor. Got him back in the fold. [He] hadn't been out of his yamen [courtyard] in six years. Heavily guarded. All [his] servants wear two guns. Suspicious of poison, examines wine corks before drinking, looks melons all over to see if they've been needled. Ti Hua a dump. "Looks like a bedraggled old tart," says Madame."
Etymology
From Mandarin 迪化 (Díhuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Ti²-hua⁴.
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