Meaning of T'u-men | Babel Free

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Noun. [B1]

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“Article V.—In consideration of the numerous difficulties arising from the authority exercised by local officials over the legal traffic at such places on the boundary as I-chou, Hui-ning, and Ch’ing-yuan, it has now been decided that the people on the frontier shall be free to go to and fro and trade⟳ as they please⟳ at Ts’e-men and I-chou on the two sides of the Ya-lu River, and at Hun-ch’un and Hui-ning on the two sides of the T’u-men River.”

“We may also expect⟳ to hear⟳ that a Corean Consulate is to be established at Vladivostok; the opening of the Tʻu-mên river will, no doubt⟳, be secured and telegraphic communication established with Vladivostok and such other places as may be necessary.[…]The Tʻu-mên river flows close⟳ to the borders of Manchuria and its opening will probably increase⟳ the serviceableness of Possiet, which is near its mouth.”

“Hui-ning and Hoi Ryöng (42° 22' N and 129° 43' E) was a city on the T'u-men River, which the Chinese in Ninguta used as their main market for trade⟳ with the Koreans (LPCL 3, 4b).”

“In the 1380s the tribe moved southward and came to the lower valley of the T’u-men 圖們 River and finally settled down around Wo-mu-ho 斡木河, the present⟳ Hoeryong 會寧, in north Korea.”

明代名人傳

“On October 1, 1950, she reported, the United States crossed the 38th parallel and pressed toward the Yalu and T'u-men rivers, both within China's borders, and from there launched further attacks.”

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