Meaning of Shao-kuan | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“The next four months were stormy. Dr. Sun "dismissed" Governor Ch'en, who withdrew to Huichow (Waichow). Then on May 11, Sun launched his campaign into Kiangsi from Shao-kuan, which was the head of the railway from Canton northward.”

“A railway led northwards from Canton about 140 miles to Shao-kuan, from which point⟳ there was a toilsome ascent to a pass⟳ and a 30-mile portage to a tributary of the Hsiang River, which flows northwards through Hunan towards the Yangtze.”

“One evening, three days later, Liu Shao-ch'iao told Hung T'ung-yeh that the Revolutionary Army of Kwangtung, having already pacified the interior of that province, was preparing to launch⟳ the Northern Expedition. The main force⟳ of the Northern Expedition army would come⟳ down from Shao-kuan upon Hunan and Hupei.”

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