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Meaning of Yunyang | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A district of Shiyan, Hubei, China.
  2. A county of Chongqing, China.

Examples

“Hubei initiatives included one far from the capital, about 145 miles upriver on the Han at Nanzhang county, where there were self-government educational activities as well as one in Yun county, far away in Hubei’s northwest corner.”
“Video of the launch showed debris raining from the rocket during liftoff, but the event (in which insulation tiles fall from the booster) is normal occurrence. Social media images also showed some debris from the rocket that had fallen in the Yunyang district of Shiyan city, Hubei, according to space reporter Andrew Jones.”
“Styan's Pucrasia occurs in the vicinity of the Yangtsze River from near Kui Chou in Hupeh, westward (at least) as far as Yunyang Hsien, in eastern Szechuan.[...]Near Yunyang Hsien I saw several others in more open rocky ground.”
“SZECHWAN The 17th March 'Szechwan Daily' published a report and editorial note about how cadres of (Shachu) commune in Yunyang County had persisted in participation in manual labour so as to "restrict bourgeois rights and[…]”
“The journal article features a detailed case study of Yunyang County, near Chongqing, where 120,000 of an impoverished population of 1.24 million must be moved. To fight erosion and flooding, the Government has declared that steep slopes should not be cultivated. But in Yunyang County, the article notes, nearly half the existing farms are on illegally steep slopes, and every patch of decent farmland is already in use.”
“Good Communist that he is, Yan followed instructions. He and hundreds of other local leaders returned home after similar expeditions and convinced their followers that the Chinese government was offering them a square deal. Move away from their homes in Yunyang county along the Yangtze to make way for the project, the word went out, and life could actually improve.”

CEFR level

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

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