Meaning of Han-ch'uan | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“I heard last⟳ week that he is able to take⟳ part in the physical drill which Mr. Helps has instituted for the boys at Han-ch‘uan, where he lives.”

“So much for the buildings. Now as to the workers and methods of work⟳. I have⟳ at present⟳ only two evangelists engaged in evangelistic work-one working in Hsin T’i and one in Han-ch’uan with Rev. Mr. Nieh. The others have⟳ all been dropped or put⟳ to school-teaching, and two are dead.”

“Four yeas later the same committee estimated that during the Yangtze flood⟳ of 1935 some 73,000,000 mou of agricultural land⟳ were submerged and 14,000,000 people dislodged from their homes. There were no detailed reports on the actual loss of life, but Han-ch'uan county in Hupei was caught entirely unprepared and saw⟳ 220,000 of its entire population of 290,000 carried away by the waves.”

“Another time a fleet of boats carrying some eighty northern Hupeh natives migrating to Anhwei tied up at a vacant pier claimed by Han-ch’uan natives, and when a boat of Han-ch’uan men showed up they initiated a fatal knife fight⟳ in defense of their turf.”

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