Ch'ing-yüan

/ (ˈtʃɪŋˈjuːɑːn) /

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noun

a former name of Baoding

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Words nearby Ch'ing-yüan

Chinghai, chingma, Chingola, Chingtao, Ching-t'u, Ch'ing-yüan, Chin Hills, Chin-Hsien, chinic acid, chink, chinkapin

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How to use Ch'ing-yüan in a sentence

Anyway, Hurley magically built a career from it, and is still smiling and siren-ing.
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(Or as Gehry framed it in the Sketches documentary: “mak[ing] beauty with junk”).
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It is about “demonstrat[ing] to the public—in real time—that Congress is on the job.”
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They make a monthly salary of between 1,000 and 3,000 Yuan, or $160 to $480, along with free room and board.
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To Yuan, the most surprising top brand is Marlboro, which checks in at No. 9.
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A gentleman of the bar remarked that he could see no impropriety in a man and his wife a-door-ing each other.
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Many bills are sent to the Lords, the forms of their house will consume some days, the Ch.
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His ch is identical with ours, and his j and x are the same as the Irish and Scotch pronunciation of ch and gh.
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I sees you pitchin' eberyt'ing away; I jes put this jug in hyar, 'ca'se I 'lowed you'd want some.
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Madame Bill near fell off her chair with surprise, and began ha-ha-ing melodious.
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