- a variation of Chongqing.
Chungking
Britishnoun
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One of Tsang’s tours visits the city’s famed Chungking Mansions, a labyrinthine complex with ethnic restaurants, guesthouses and stores selling everything from cheap phones to burqas.
From Reuters ● Sep. 10, 2021
One movie I've wanted to rewatch for years, Chungking Express, is only available on DVD and Blu-ray, and the Blu-ray discs are out of print and currently selling used on Amazon for over $100.
From The Verge ● Aug. 27, 2016
Let us contemplate for a moment the phenomenon of la zi ji, the known in Sichuan-style restaurants as spicy fried chicken, Chungking fried chicken, Chongqing spicy chicken, chicken with chilies, or spicy diced chicken.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2016
By the time General Stilwell was recalled to the United States in the fall of 1944, he grumbled that Washington was “as big a pile of manure as Chungking was.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2016
Most importantly, she would tell him about the life he would probably never know, the life she had once lived in Chungking.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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