Meanings
alternative T'ai-lu
- A town in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
There is a large surplus of labour in Tailu commune of Lianjiang County, Fujian Province.
1981, Beijing Review, volume 24, →OCLC, page 175 more examples
At about 0110 on 6 August, four crew members of the "Minlianyu 0210" fishing boat of Nan Village of Lianjiang County’s Tailu Town were looking for fishing tackle near the Latou Reef south of the Xiyin Island, when troops of the Taiwan authorities on Xiyin Island fired at them and 28-year old^([sic – meaning year-old]) captain Chen Yingtong of the fishing boat was wounded twice in the left side of his chest.
1995 August 10 [1995 August 9], ARATS, quotee, “ARATS Condemns Killing of Mainland Fisherman”, in Daily Report: China, number 95-154, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA Domestic Service, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 68, columns 1–2The fishing vessel and crew members returned to Tailu township in the early morning of 12th April.[...]two metal-cased trawlers from Tailu township, Lianjiang County[...]
1998, Summary of World Broadcasts: Asia, Pacific, numbers 3202-3214, BBC Monitoring, →ISSN, →OCLCThe bus was traveling from Tailu Town, in Lianjiang County, to Fuzhou City. Most of the passengers were residents of Tailu Town.
2004 August 24, “17 Killed as Bus Plummets Down Slope”, in China Internet Information Center, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2004The villages of Tailu, Beijiao, and Xiubang in the Tailu township in Lienchiang county and Kungtung, Kunghsi, Yantai, and Wenwo in Haidao township in Xiapu county in Fujian Province were randomly selected for this cross-sectional investigation, which took place from July, 2011 to November, 2011.[...] Inclusion criteria were voluntary participants aged 30 years or more living in Tailu and Haidao townships for more than 5 years.
2014, Pengli Zhu, Feng Huang, Fan Lin, Qiaowei Li, Yin Yuan, Zhonghai Gao, Falin Chen, “The Relationship of Retinal Vessel Diameters and Fractal Dimensions with Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk Factors”, in PLOS One, volume 9, number 9, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1Fishermen reinforce the fishing gear on the shore in Houwan Village of Tailu Town in Lianjiang County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 10, 2018, as Typhoon Maria, the eighth typhoon this year, approaches the Chinese coast.
2018 July 11, “Residents evacuated, boats moored as Typhoon Maria approaches China”, in Yurou, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2018 - A village in Tailu, Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
The villages of Tailu, Beijiao, and Xiubang in the Tailu township in Lienchiang county and Kungtung, Kunghsi, Yantai, and Wenwo in Haidao township in Xiapu county in Fujian Province were randomly selected for this cross-sectional investigation, which took place from July, 2011 to November, 2011.
2014, Pengli Zhu, Feng Huang, Fan Lin, Qiaowei Li, Yin Yuan, Zhonghai Gao, Falin Chen, “The Relationship of Retinal Vessel Diameters and Fractal Dimensions with Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk Factors”, in PLOS One, volume 9, number 9, →DOI, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1
Origin
From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 苔菉 (Táilù).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 苔菉
- 苔菉 (toi⁴ luk⁶)town; village
Chinese Mandarin 苔菉
- 苔菉 (Táilù)town; village
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