Meanings
alternative Yung-an
- A county-level city of Sanming, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
In Yong’an county, Fujian province, fiberboard is produced from waste lumber.
中国建设
1982 June, Wu Dongyan, “The Furniture Industry”, in China Reconstructs [中国建设], volume XXXI, number 6, Beijing: China Welfare Institute, →OCLC, page 492 more examples
Amid the upsurge to seriously study, publicize, and implement the spirit of the Fifth NPC, Yungan County has mobilized the whole party and secretaries to take action. Proceeding from assisting the production teams in formulating "plans 1 year in advance," they have quickly restored and implemented the party's rural economic policies for the present period and the system of management of the people's communes, thus effectively mobilizing the socialist activism of the commune members and promoting spring farming.
[1978 April 13 [1978 April 10], “Fukien County Implements Rural Economic Policies”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 72, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Foochow Fukien Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: East Region, page G 1By the time Comrade Luo Fu⁷⁸ (member of the Military Commission) learned about and objected to this move and the Red Army began to move eastward to Yong’an and Shaxian counties, the favourable situation which had existed in the Fujian People’s Government had changed.
1999 [1995], Chen Yun, Selected Works of Chen Yun, volume I, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 48
Origin
- Mandarin永安
- EnglishYong'an
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).
More words from Mandarin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 永安
- 永安city in Fujian, China
Chinese Mandarin 永安
- 永安 (Yǒng'ān)city in Fujian, China
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