Do not fear the heavens and the earth, but be afraid of hearing a person from Wenzhou speak in their local tongue.
Source: tatoeba (702591)
Wenzhou
//wʌnˈd͡ʒoʊ//
Synonyms for "wenzhou" (2 found)
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Translations
18 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- وَنْتْشُو name (city in China)
- وَنْجُو name (city in China)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Уънджоу name (city in China)
Chinese
1 entries- 溫州 /温州 name (city in China)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 溫州 /温州 name (city in China)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 溫州 /温州 name (city in China)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 溫州 /温州 name (city in China)
German
1 entries- Wenzhou name (city in China)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 溫州 /温州 name (city in China)
Hungarian
1 entries- Vencsou name (city in China)
Japanese
1 entries- 温州 name (city in China)
Korean
2 entries- 온주 name (city in China)
- 원저우 name (city in China)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Vendžou name (city in China)
Russian
1 entries- Вэньчжо́у name (city in China)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Веньчжо́у name (city in China)
Vietnamese
1 entries- Ôn Châu name (city in China)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 溫州 /温州 name (city in China)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The issue of land ownership rights came into focus in Wenzhou in April after the local government demanded that homeowners whose land-use rights had expired after 20 years pay fees of up to a third of the value of their homes before they could sell their apartments. The decision provoked protests from property owners in Wenzhou, a coastal city of eight million that was one of the first to set up private enterprise after the government opened up the economy in the late 1970s.
Source: wiktionary
Saola is not the only storm threatening China this weekend, as Haikui, a second Pacific typhoon, is expected to make landfall on Sunday in eastern China, south of the city of Wenzhou, the US Embassy in Beijing said in a weather alert.
Source: wiktionary
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