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Hu Shih

[ hoo -shœ ]

/ ˈhu ˈʃœ /

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noun

1891–1962, Chinese scholar and diplomat.

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Also Pinyin, Hu Shi .

Words nearby Hu Shih

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Example sentences from the Web for Hu Shih

Unlike the buttoned-up Hu, he is sufficiently sure of himself to display a personal side in public.
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Yes, to be human is to be hu-miliated, but in the face of that, is spirit which transcends the physical.
The Doors Never Sold Out to Crass Commercialism|John Densmore|September 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As the film scholar Tony Rayns points out, the title evokes A Touch of Zen, the King Hu martial arts classic.
Jia Zhang-Ke’s ‘A Touch of Sin’ Premieres at Cannes|Richard Porton|May 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Hu was in power for 10 years and has done almost nothing for the country.
China’s Great Expectations: Xi Jinping and the Censorship Protests|Melinda Liu|January 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Shih says she hopes to repackage the system for use in future disaster zones.
Text In to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims|Nina Strochlic|November 16, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In the same piece, we are presented with a grand chorus of Turks and Dervises, who sing, "Hu la baba la chou ba la baba la da."
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18)|John Dryden
He then, utters three or four times a long low cry of, "Hu-u-u-u!"
Zui Fetiches|Frank Hamilton Cushing
Ich habbe eruore sar care for ich iseo sei warschipe hu e 150 unwhiht wi his ferd ase liun iburst.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
Accordingly they descended into the cave beneath and taking up Chou-hu they again dressed him in his own robes.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours|Ernest Bramah
"The necessity for the elaborate caution of the past no longer exists," remarked Chou-hu presently.
Kai Lung's Golden Hours|Ernest Bramah

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