Lü-shun

A form of Lüshun — Synonym of Lüshunkou.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Lüshun.

    An epidemic of the disease started in Lü-shun at the end of 1927 and extended to April 1928, involving 271 cases with 14 deaths (Migai, 1928).

    1946, Tsai-yu Hsiao, Epidemiology of the Diseases of Naval Importance in Manchuria, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, →OCLC, page 20
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    On the evening of the fourteenth day (September 29), when I first landed in Hong Kong, an Englishman, the former lord commissioner of the Admiralty, Lord [Charles] Beresford, also arrived in the city; and he gave me an appointment to see him. [During our conversation] he generously agreed to help save the emperor. I pointed out that the Russians had a garrison of twenty thousand men at Lü-shun and that it might not be advisable for England to take action.

    1967, Jung-pang Lo, editor, K'ang Yu-wei: A Biography and a Symposium, University of Arizona Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 139

    Soviet resistance to returning the railway, which cut through the heart of Manchuria, or the naval base at Lü-shun (Port Arthur) and the harbor city of Ta-lien (Dairen or Dalny)—all of which the Soviet Union had regained after Japan's defeat in World War II—continued for a quarter of a century until 1953-55, despite heated Chinese demands for their immediate restitution.

    1996, S. C. M. Paine, Imperial Rivals: China, Russia, and Their Disputed Frontier, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 11

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Origin

  1. Mandarin旅順 /旅顺
  2. EnglishLü-shun

From Mandarin 旅順 /旅顺 (Lǚshùn) Wade–Giles romanization: Lü³-shun⁴.

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