Chu-mu-lang-ma

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Examples

“The topography of China is irregular, with Chu-mu-lang-ma Peak rising to a height of 8,848 meters above sea level and the basin of T'u-lu-fan [Turfan] lying at a depth of 300 meters below sea level.”

“Our young scientific workers and technical personnel must emulate the glorious heroes who scaled Mount⟳ Chu-mu-lang-ma by answering promptly the great call⟳ of the Party -- "draw⟳ ambitious plans and make⟳ strong decisions; use⟳ all efforts to climb⟳ the highest summit." The red banner of victory in Mao Tse-tung ideology should be flying on the apex of every natural science theory all over the world!”

“We must work⟳ with determination to eliminate the deficiencies of sciences in China. Like⟳ climbing the Chu-mu-lang-ma Mountain, we must pep ourselves up to work⟳ and fight⟳ with the confidence as in the proverb, "Where there's a will there's a way." Then you shall get⟳ to the peak of science.”

“Peking, on the other hand, first indicated an assertive attitude toward Nepal in the late spring⟳ of 1952, when it renamed Mt. Everest, which lies on the borders of China and Nepal, Chu-mu-lang-ma.”

“An eastern Himalayan peak of 29,028 ft above sea level on the Tibet-Nepal border⟳ (in an area first designated Chu-mu-lang-ma on a map of 1717) was discovered to be the world's highest mountain in 1852 by the Survey Department of the Government of India, from theodolite readings taken in 1849 and 1850.”

“Lily sat in her chair, under her blanket, seventy-six years old, an age she called 'impossible'. Mostly she slept. When she was awake⟳ she watched the rock approach⟳, a dot of stern darkness against the sparkling ocean, and Boris listened dutifully as Grannie Lily told him about the strange days when the world had been all rock and hardly any sea, and nobody swam or ate fish⟳, not unless they wanted to. In those days, she said, this particular rock had had various names, old ones like⟳ Chu-mu-lang-ma, and young names like⟳ Everest. And it was special because this would soon be the only rock left sticking out of the ocean, anywhere in the world.”

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