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- proper noun A
surname ofChinese origin.
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Examples
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Elaine Chao is to fair labor practices as Mike Brown was to emergency management.
Think Progress » Don Blankenship’s Record Of Profits Over Safety: ‘Coal Pays The Bills’ 2010
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The ritual in Chao Feng Temple in Dajiou, Pingdong, is very quiet, no crowds of people, nor hurly-burly battle array.
Global Voices in English » Taiwan: Burning of the Plague God Boat 2009
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Elaine Chao is to fair labor practices as Mike Brown was to emergency management.
Think Progress » Don Blankenship’s Record Of Profits Over Safety: ‘Coal Pays The Bills’ 2010
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Reporting on a research led by Benjamin Chao of the National Central University in Taiwan, National Geographic News tells us that “dams and reservoirs have stored so much water over the past several decades that they have masked surging sea levels.”
Prunings XL 2008
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Update 6: Cloroxenima sez, This picture was actually taken at our shotgun-courthouse-steps-wedding in Chao Zhou, China (as you can see it was a very formal affair).
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The First August Emperor, who was, as already stated, really a bastard, was borne by the concubine of a Chao merchant, who made over the concubine whilst _enceinte_ to his (the Emperor's) father, when that father was a royal Ts'in hostage dwelling in the state of Chao; hence the Emperor is often called Chao CHÊNG
Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887
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(currently in Chinese "Chao Ren," "潮人"), or the images of them may usually come to mind.
NYT > Home Page By BEN SCHOTT 2010
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In contrast to Baidu’s argument that the plaintiff is setting a wrong target, as it’s only providing links to other websites with the songs and did not offer downloading services itself, Xu Chao from the State Copyright Bureau says search engine companies should be held responsible if they know songs belong to certain copyright owners yet still provide them.
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Probably the greatest linguistic addition to the Western lexicon of words pertaining to Chinese food came from the Chao’s book; Buwei Yang Chao is generally credited with the creation of the term, “stir-frying” to describe the action of “ch’ao.”
Tigers & Strawberries » The Chinese Cookbook Project III: With an Open Mind and an Open Mouth 2005
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"The one," she hastened to reply, "is called Chao T'ien-liang and the other Chao T'ien-tung."
Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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