Meanings
- A county-level city of Dehong, Yunnan, China.
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The court document pronouncing Mr. Xie's death sentence said he and three other men were caught smuggling 80 pounds of pure heroin hidden in a tea shipment from Yunnan to Fujian, on China's east coast. His last words to his wife, sealed in a letter delivered to her outside the crematory in Mangshi, were, "Take care of our daughter and try to avoid heavy work in the fields."
1995 November 15, Patrick E. Tyler, “China Battles a Spreading Scourge of Illicit Drugs”, in The New York Times (Section A section), New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, page 1
Origin
- Mandarin芒市
- EnglishMangshi
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 芒市 (Mángshì).
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Chinese Cantonese 芒市
- 芒市county-level city
Chinese Mandarin 芒市
- 芒市 (Mángshì)county-level city
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Mangshi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mangshi
“Mangshi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mangshi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mangshi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mangshi.
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