Meaning of Li-shui | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

Examples

“In 1743, at the early age of 27, he became Prefect of Li-shui, about 50 miles south-east of Nanking.”

“In the fields near Li-shui there is an enormous camphor tree (illustration 1.) with a built-in niche containing incense cones and an earthenware dish for sacrifices. I also noticed a large number⟳ of prayer notes.”

“Skulls may haunt even without being so bitterly provoked. The country of Ch'u-cheu (in Chekiang province) is very mountainous. There, in the district of Li-shui, situated south of the peak of the Residence of the Immortal Genies, farmers plowing and sowing often break⟳ up waste⟳ ground, even as far as halfway up the mountains.”

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