Chu Kiang

British

/ ˈtʃuː ˈkjæŋ, kaɪˈæŋ /

noun

a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for the Zhu Jiang

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Then she passed from hand to hand, and dirty hands they were, from the Chu Kiang to the Hoang Ho, and through the Korea Channel into the Japan sea, trading sometimes, smuggling sometimes, and once, as far as the Kuriles, sealing in forbidden waters.

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