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Curiously, the word works as both dysphemism and euphemism: Americans were repelled in 1940 at the fictional account of lynching called The Ox-Bow Incident, but when Chinese Communist officials want to minimize what Westerners call “the massacre at Tiananmen Square,” they call that crushing of studentled protest “the incident of June 4, 1989” in Chinese, liu si, “six four”.

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

Curiously, the word works as both dysphemism and euphemism: Americans were repelled in 1940 at the fictional account of lynching called The Ox-Bow Incident, but when Chinese Communist officials want to minimize what Westerners call “the massacre at Tiananmen Square,” they call that crushing of studentled protest “the incident of June 4, 1989” in Chinese, liu si, “six four”.

The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004

"Yi ba liu., ~" 1 recall the Chinese words from one of Kwan's bedtime stories.

the secret sense Tan, Amy 1995

ALEGRIA nebe ita hetan iha tinan 10 liu ba ne ALEGRIA ida BOOT tebes ba ita timor oan hotu (mas iha 21,5%triste).

Global Voices in English » East Timor: “Happy Day” of freedom vote 2009

Mesmo too agora ALEGRIA ida ne ita sei sente nafatin maibe, durante tinan 10 nia laran ne susar no terus sedauk sés husi ita (caso boot liu mak iha tinan 2006).

Global Voices in English » East Timor: “Happy Day” of freedom vote 2009

Ita hotu expressa ita nia alegria ida ne liu husi haklalak, hakilar, hananu e tanis.

Global Voices in English » East Timor: “Happy Day” of freedom vote 2009

April 16th, 2010 2: 15 pm ET the republicans wants an all white america so i am sorry for you mr liu. jeff jackson, alabama

Obama judicial nominee faces tough Senate scrutiny 2010

The general principle of the project boiled down to one sentence, that is, lands east of the Lancang River were suitable for direct administration, while lands west to the Lancang River were suitable for native chieftainship (jiangnei yi liu bu yi yu, jiangwai yitu bu yi liu).

Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008

“Oh, just some Mu shu rou and a few Hei jiao niu liu.”

THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010

“Oh, just some Mu shu rou and a few Hei jiao niu liu.”

THE FORBIDDEN GAME L.J. SMITH 2010