Kwan-yin
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"No, no!" exclaimed Kwan-yin, springing up, and trying to keep the abbess from speaking these frightful words.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
The fairest and best of these was Kwan-yin, the youngest.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
At another time when Kwan-yin was toiling up the hill for the twentieth time, carrying two great pails of water on a pole, an enormous dragon faced her in the road.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
As they bore Kwan-yin away from his presence the white-haired monarch fell, swooning, from his chair.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Li Chu-T'ang
The statue of Kwan-yin was covered with necklaces and pieces of embroidery.
From Eastern Shame Girl by Charles Georges Souli
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