Kweilin
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the northern arm of the pincers thrust out three fingers to grasp Kweilin itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the tarmac at Kweilin are rows of biplanes, all gassed up to fight World War I. The Chinese are decently if unimaginatively dressed.
From Time Magazine Archive
That time the Fourteenth Air Force's big Kweilin base had been stripped and partly scorched.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the south, meanwhile, Nationalist General Pai Chung-hsi continued his withdrawal down the Hankow-Canton railroad, finally set up field headquarters at Henyang, where the railroad branches out to Kweilin in Pai's home province of Kwangsi.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are not like the ladies of Kweilin, who I always imagined savored their food with a certain detached delicacy.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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