Yen Hsi-shan

[ yuhn -shee-shahn ]

/ ˈyʌn ˈʃiˈʃɑn /

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noun

1882–1960, Chinese general.

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Also (Pinyin) Yan Xi·shan

[yahn -shee-shahn] /ˈyɑn ˈʃiˈʃɑn/ .

Words nearby Yen Hsi-shan

Yemenite, yemmer, yen, Yenakiyevo, Yenan, Yen Hsi-shan, Yenisei, Yeniseian, Yenisei Ostyak, yenta, Yentai

How to use Yen Hsi-shan in a sentence

The amount of vanished bitcoins was 650,000 BTC (or 24.7 billion yen).
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The cops say Kakehi gained several hundred million yen in inheritance from the deaths over the years.
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Then, in acknowledging her husband, Jiang Shan: “You are a nice guy,” she says.
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The ministry pours an estimated 700 million yen (6.8 million dollars) into whale research per year.
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This is a country where an estimated two trillion yen ($19.3 billion) are spent each year on the legal sex industry.
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Long-yen is somewhat smaller, but is also white and tender, though the taste is rather watery.
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Fu Shan was always some stuck on his own intellect, and at that time he thought he could play cards, but he couldn't.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton
Fu Shan smoked scented and sugared tobacco in a porcelain pipe with an ivory stem.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton
Fu Shan ain't sure what the old man's idea was, whether it was pure business or not.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton
But they appeared to think Lum Shan, or me, was a sort financial manager, that managed affairs mysterious.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton