Licheng

Li·cheng
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proper noun

A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Changzhi, Shanxi, China.

    As for the People category, Huaifeng Li took first place with a beautiful photograph, entitled "Showtime," of a group of actors getting ready for an opera performance in Licheng County in China's Shanxi Province.

    2019 June 12, Tamara Hardingham-Gill, “2019 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year winners”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Jun 2019
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    In a self-reliant spirit, the poor and lower-middle peasants of Nanweichuang commune, Licheng County, Shansi Province, have established a health department in the commune and health stations in the various brigades, thus solving the problem of lack of medical and health service in this remote area.

    1969 December 22 [1969 December 9], “Shansi Medical Work”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 246, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA Domestic, translation of original in Chinese, →OCLC, Communist China: North Region, page F 4

Origin

  1. Mandarin黎城
  2. EnglishLicheng

From Mandarin 黎城 (Líchéng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 黎城
  • 黎城county
Chinese Mandarin 黎城
  • 黎城 (Líchéng)county
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Chicago

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