Wanbailin

Wan·bai·lin
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proper noun

A district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

    Patient Guo, female, 65 years old, lives in Fengshenghe Village, Ximing Township, Wanbailin District, Taiyuan City.

    2019, Zheng Mingde, “Typical Cases Treated with HuaHanZhenShen® Electronic Acupuncture”, in The Science of Modern Acupuncture and Moxibustion, American Academic Press, →ISBN, page 226
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    The Wanbailin District of Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, has unveiled a plan to spend an amount five times its GDP.

    2019 March 6, Yusho Cho, Takashi Kawakami, “China's new stimulus shovels more debt onto municipalities”, in The Nikkei, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2019, China People's Congress

    Construction work at Xiaojingyu Elementary School, which is in Taiyuan's Wanbailin District, has been halted since the discovery. An official said further excavations into the tomb would not be easy due to the primary school's teaching buildings nearby.

    2019 August 21, Tim Collins, “Chinese imperial tomb with wall art and clay pots dating back 1,300 years is found by builders working on a primary school's new playing field”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2021, Science

    A tombstone inside the burial chamber suggested the individual laid to rest underground was "not a commoner". The Tang era is seen by many historians as an era of progress as well as the greatest period for Chinese poetry. Construction work at Xiaojingyu Elementary School, which is in Taiyuan’s Wanbailin District, has been halted since the discovery.

    2019 December, “Tang Dynasty tomb found in a school sports field in China”, in Subterranea, number 52, Subterranea Britannica, →ISSN, →OCLC, Conservation and Heritage, page 5, column 1

Origin

  1. Mandarin萬柏林 /万柏林
  2. EnglishWanbailin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 萬柏林 /万柏林.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 萬柏林 /万柏林
  • 萬柏林 /万柏林district
Chinese Mandarin 萬柏林 /万柏林
  • 萬柏林 /万柏林district
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Chicago

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