Shangshui

Shang·shui
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proper noun

A county of Zhoukou, Henan, China.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A county of Zhoukou, Henan, China.

    Police in Shangshui county near Zhoukou are investigating whether straw burning in a field led to a car exploding, Xinhua reports.

    2014 October 20, “Teen invents cheap 3D printer; ‘drunks’ in police car that sped from scene”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Oct 2014, China Insider
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    In Shangshui county of Honan Province during a period of three months in 1950, 90 women were driven to death by family mistreatment.

    1959 [1951 October], C. K. Yang, quoting Preparatory Committee of the Democratic Women's League of the Central-South Region, “The Ascendancy of the Status of Women in the Family”, in The Chinese Family in the Communist Revolution, M.I.T. Press, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 108

    We should follow the example of the Shangshui County CCP Committee; persevere in taking the struggle betweeen^([sic – meaning between]) the two lines as the stand high and see far; conscientiously implement the party's policy of taking account of the interests of the state, the collective and the individual; and educate the masses to recognize the greater, overall interests so they will remember the party's leadership when they have a good harvest, remember the interests of the state, sell more agricultural products to the state, and deliver the agricultural products in good time.

    1973 November 5 [1973 November 4], “Firmly Grasp the Good Opportunity and Fulfill in an All-Round Way the Procurement Tasks for Agricultural and Side Line Products”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 213, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Chengchow Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page D 1

Origin

  1. Mandarin商水
  2. EnglishShangshui

From Mandarin 商水.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 商水
  • 商水county
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