Wuxi
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Definitions
- 1 A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, in eastern China.
"Like most of the women in her village, Ren Riqing looks after children: “This is my nephew. His parents work far away in a factory in Wuxi. It’s not as strenuous as working here in the fields. I have a son and a daughter -- they’re also in Wuxi. If things go well, they come back once in two years. Travel costs money. It makes me sad, but what can I do?”"
- 2 A county of Chongqing, China.
"The landslide on Tuesday demolished a five-story apartment building and two private hotels in Wuxi County in Sichuan Province."
Example
More examples"Like most of the women in her village, Ren Riqing looks after children: “This is my nephew. His parents work far away in a factory in Wuxi. It’s not as strenuous as working here in the fields. I have a son and a daughter -- they’re also in Wuxi. If things go well, they come back once in two years. Travel costs money. It makes me sad, but what can I do?”"
Etymology
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 無錫 /无锡 (Wúxī).
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巫溪 (Wūxī).
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