Ch'en
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Once a peasant guerrilla fighter, Ch'en rose through the ranks of the Red Army.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ch'en Li-fu, China's frail and handsome Minister of Education, won a great victory last October.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ch'en Hsi-lien, commander of the Peking military region, and Wang Tung-hsing, head of the secret police, have also come under attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
These maneuvers were also calculated to erode the authority of Peking Regional Commander Ch'en Hsi-lien, who is now ostensibly Fu's superior.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its most public-spirited citizen is Ch'en, one of the merchant princes of China whose transactions are confined exclusively to the products of his own country.
From An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma by George Ernest Morrison
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