Yau Ma Ti

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“The assassin collapsed on the staircase as Bourne whipped out the cords and secured the killer to the steps and the railing, at the last⟳ yanking down the pillowcase, covering the impostor’s mouth and tying the cloth tighter. The nocturnal sounds of Hong Kong’s Yau Ma Ti and the nearby Mongkok would easily cover⟳ whatever cries Allcott-Price might manage⟳ - if he awoke before Jason awakened him, which was doubtful.”

“Get⟳ up early and work⟳ your way back up to Shanghai Street and Reclamation Road in the Yau Ma Ti District. This area is the scene of lively produce⟳ markets and wholesale fruit markets in the morning.”

“His knowledge of both Hong Kong and the Mainland made a deep impression on me during the hour we spent over lunch. Huang had learned Cantonese from his wife, who studied Chinese medicine in Guangzhou during the 1940s, and now owned a Chinese herbal medicine shop⟳ in the Yau Ma Ti district.”

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