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Meaning of Liehyu | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

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Noun. [B1]

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“Japanese blue jackets, who occuipied the Liehyu Islet "to the west. of the Quemoy Island on October 28, have been withdrawn, but those who landed on the Quemoy Island, numbering more than 1,000, and all belonging to Manchoukuo and Formosan armies, are still there.”
“Across the outer Amoy harbor from Kin Men is the island named Liehyu. Enemy batteries from Amoy can rake all sections of the island. In order to reach the most advance lookout posts, I had to crawl to avoid being seen by machine gunners across the waters. The Liehyu church is a lovely brick building with a white spire. But a direct hit by Communist artillery had removed the roof and gutted the interior. The Christians in Liehyu are few in number—between fifty and one hundred, the commanding general told me. They must worship in their homes now; they have no regular pastor.”
“With the outbreak of the gun duel on August 23, 1958, the students above the third grade of all primary schools on Liehyu, which lies too close to the mainland, were moved[…]”
“Based on these data, a five-year filariasis control project was organized in 1972 to cover the Kinmen Islands, and a detailed report was published by FAN et al. (1974a). In the present survey, a total of 20,018 persons in 55 villages of four townships were examined, and microfilariae were found in 1,764 (8.8%); clinical manifestations were found in 282 (19.2%) of 1,470 persons examined. The microfilarial rates according to the townships were 10.9% (1,038 positives out of 9,522 persons examined) in Kinnin, 7.5% (104 of 1 ,385) in Kincheng, 6.1 % (482 of 7,843) in Kinhu, and 11.0 % (140 of 1,268) in Liehyu.”
“Since bancroftian filariasis constituted a major public health problem on Little Kinmen (Liehyu District), Kinmen (Quemoy) Islands, a control programme was conducted on this island from 1970 to 1982.”
“He first visited the Liehyu offshore islands by boat; met with soldiers and villagers there; heard a briefing by Hung Wan-chung, the village magistrate, on the administration of the village; visited the Field Battle History Museum and an observation post to watch the movement of communist troops on the opposite side of the Taiwan Strait; and heard reports on combat troop readiness. Li also inspected a psychological warfare unit at Huchingtou, Liehyu, where he saw off a balloon carrying materials showing the free bastion of Taiwan's warm support for the pro-democracy movement on the China mainland.”
“Liehyu Island is another one of those 'Koxinga Slept Here' attractions. Koxinga's Well (guó xìng jǐng) is where the great warrior took a drink, and has since become a favourite pilgrimage spot for Taiwanese tour groups.”
“Hung You-li (洪有利) from Xiamen is typical of those who have experienced such separation. Originally from Liehyu (烈嶼), an islet off Kinmen otherwise known as Little Kinmen, he left to visit his aunt and other relatives because his parents were dead and Liehyu was in a state of chaos after the KMT had taken over Kinmen in 1945. But he was not able to return for 52 years. Hung Chuen-hui (洪春暉), a Liehyu resident, explained that the KMT troops at that time "were of poor quality," and had disrupted the lives of local people.”
“In 1392, Ming Dynasty built five military spots for coast safety. The five military spots were located in Tianpu village in Kinsha town, Fengshang village and Chengkun village in Kinhu town, and Liehyu Hsiang.”

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“In the first season, we searched possible bat roosting sites and sampling sites in Kinmen and Liehyu and interviewed local people to gather information of potential bat habitat.”

Investigation of bat fauna in Kinmen

“President Ma Ying-jeou assured residents of the outlying island county of Kinmen yesterday that a much-discussed bridge to connect Big Kinmen and the neighboring islet of Small Kinmen will indeed be built. The proposal for the 4-km Kin-Liehyu Bridge - named after the smaller islet that is also known as Liehyu - has been discussed for more than 10 years, Ma noted.”
“烈嶼(Liehyu Island)地勢最高為麒麟山,由紅土化的片岩類基盤所形成的殘丘,其頂部覆蓋薄層泥岩與玄武岩熔岩流,標高114公尺(圖3-1左)。”

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

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