Hu Yaobang

[ hy-you-bahng ]

/ ˈhü ˈyaʊˈbɑŋ /

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noun

1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.

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How to use Hu Yaobang in a sentence

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.
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As the film scholar Tony Rayns points out, the title evokes A Touch of Zen, the King Hu martial arts classic.
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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

The coming transition also appears to be a sign of the waning power of President Hu.
The Rise of China’s First Families|Melinda Liu|November 14, 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

British Dictionary definitions for Hu Yaobang

Hu Yaobang

/ (xuː jaʊˈbɑːŋ) /

noun

1915–89, Chinese statesman; leader of the Chinese Communist Party (1981–87)

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