Linying

Lin·ying
L1I1N1Y4I1N1G2

proper noun

A county of Luohe, Henan, China.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Lin-ying

  1. A county of Luohe, Henan, China.

    The child plummeted halfway down the 20-metre water well while flying a kite on farmland in Linying County.

    2017 February 8, “Girl rescued after eight hours stuck in well”, in Sky News, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2017
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    The PEOPLE'S DAILY today gives front-page prominence to a news report on a county leading cadre exemplary in working with the peasants in collective productive labour. Tiao Wen, first secretary of the party committee of Linying County, Honan Province, took part in physical labour in local communes for 260 days in two years. Joining the commune members in moving stone for farmland improvement projects, he trekked a total of 4,000 kilometres in the mountains. It has become a regular system for cadres at various levels in Linying County to take part in collective physical labour.

    [1977 October 17 [1977 October 16], “People's Daily Lauds Cadre for Working with Peasants”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 200, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: National Affairs, page E 14

Origin

  1. Mandarin臨潁 /临颍
  2. EnglishLinying

From Mandarin 臨潁 /临颍.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 臨潁 /临颍
  • 臨潁 /临颍county
Chinese Mandarin 臨潁 /临颍
  • 臨潁 /临颍county
Polish Linying
  • Linyingcounty

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Chicago

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