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china
has definitions from the fields of Chinese,government,geography,food
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[ noun ] (Chinese,government,geography) a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)He was brigadier of the club 's locker-room light infantry , and at one time or another declared war on Russia , Czechoslovakia , Yugoslavia , and China . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)It was night on this hemisphere , but the light blazed from the megalopolises of Australia , Japan , China , Southeast_Asia , India , Siberia . Australia , the Philippine_Islands , Japan , and northern China were inhabited by those members of the Haijac_Union that spoke American . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Quite candidly , fellows , I would n't be_in_your_shoes for all the rice in China . `` I would n't be_in_his_shoes for all the rice in China . Related terms Asian_country Cathay Chinese Asia Mekong Chungking taiyuan Nanking tangshan wuhan canton_river gan_jiang Canton Shenyang hunan luda Amur Beijing chino-japanese_war grand_canal Yunnan Shanghai Chinese_Wall Tianjin Hong_Kong inner_mongolia nan_ling Hangzhou lushun Xian sinkiang Chinese_Revolution Luoyang Tien_Shan Manchuria Brahmaputra Hwang_Ho Kunlun Gansu Yangtze chang Szechwan huang_he hebei nan-chang nan-ning chongqing great_wall cultural_revolution red_guard falun_gong Chinese catty Yin ch'i i._m._pei yang Sino-Tibetan Yalu fortune_cookie feng_shui acupressure egg_foo_yong Chinese_brown_sauce Hangzhou dim_sum egg_roll Chinese_Revolution acupuncture |
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[ noun ] high quality porcelain originally made only in China
Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)In their search for what turned_out to be the right breakfast china but the wrong table silver , they opened every cupboard door in the kitchen and pantry . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)When he had given the call a_few moments thought , he went_into the kitchen to ask Mrs._Yamata to prepare tea and sushi for the visitors , using the formal English china and the silver tea_service which had been donated to the mission , then he went outside to inspect the grounds . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)Each brass handle and hinge shone for his reward , and he knew how to get_at the dust in the china flowers and how to take_down the long glass drops which hung from the chandelier . The china lemon_tree . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 3089
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 23942
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[ noun ] (Chinese,geography) a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong
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