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Meaning of I-wu | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“The provincial censor, Chu I-hsin, a native of I-wu [in Chekiang], who was then lecturing at the Kuang-ya Academy, called on me and we debated on many questions.”
“In I-wu county in Wu-chou (Chin-hua) there are scattered storehouse proprietors and brokers who undertake the buying and selling (of silk). ... Previously the people in the hilly valleys of I-wu county made their living by weaving thin silk.”
“The famous general Ch'i Chi-kuang led troops from Chekiang's I-wu County in the campaigns against Japanese pirates on the southeast coast between 1561 and 1567.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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