Ch'ing
Americannoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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“Chiang Ch’ing was an actress before she met Mao,” she said recently.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2011
On a visit to the agricultural commune of Tachai, Chiang Ch'ing "arrived by special train with an entourage of 100 persons," recalled a local official.
From Time Magazine Archive
At one point during her recollections, Chiang Ch'ing reached for a gold-brocaded box and drew from it a delicately carved sandalwood fan.
From Time Magazine Archive
The capital's committee, for example, is led by Mayor Wu Teh, who was appointed the city's acting mayor in 1966 when Chiang Ch'ing was busily promoting her supporters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Upon hearing this, Ch'ing Wen's ire was actually stirred up, and her beautiful moth-like eyebrows contracted, and her lovely phoenix eyes stared wide like two balls.
From Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books by Joly, H. Bencraft
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