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Ch'en

American  
[chuhn] / tʃʌn /
Or Chen

noun

  1. a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 557–89.


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Ch'en Li-fu, China's frail and handsome Minister of Education, won a great victory last October.

From Time Magazine Archive

Once a peasant guerrilla fighter, Ch'en rose through the ranks of the Red Army.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ch'en Ho-kuang, 39, and his wife Wang Yen-liu, 36, are field hands on the Ta Li People's Commune near Canton.

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

In 278 B.C. the Ts'u capital was moved east to Ch'en.

From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper