Kwan-yin
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"No, no!" exclaimed Kwan-yin, springing up, and trying to keep the abbess from speaking these frightful words.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Chu-T'ang, Li
Just as the shivering nuns were thanking Kwan-yin for the divine help she had brought them, two soldiers who had scaled the outer wall of the compound came in and roughly asked for the princess.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Chu-T'ang, Li
The nuns, turning in amazement, saw that it was Kwan-yin who was speaking.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Chu-T'ang, Li
As they bore Kwan-yin away from his presence the white-haired monarch fell, swooning, from his chair.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Chu-T'ang, Li
Now that Kwan-yin found herself in the life which she had long dreamt of leading, she tried to be satisfied.
From A Chinese Wonder Book by Chu-T'ang, Li
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