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Examples
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As I ate my habitual, declasse egg rolls and pepper steak, I learned words like xian, natural flavor, and xiang, fragrant flavor; cui, crispy, and ruan, velvety softness.
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And maybe they decided to try to turn their hovel into a true palace, an unlikely home for dishes more exotic than Peking Duck, for trompe l'oeils that balance xian and xiang, cui and ruan.
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June 24th, 2006 at 8:53 pm meta #35: Well, DeLay supports corrupt reactionary thugs, while Kos supports non-corrupt far left nut cases like… Webb and Tester… DeLay ruan a ruthless powerful money-driven political machine that crushed anyone who gets in his way.
Firedoglake » FDL Late Nite: Bring on the Culture “War” 2006
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S.ruan came up onto the quarterdeck of the flagship H.M.S. Vengeance, and strode for the gangway.
Tai-Pan Clavell, James 1966
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The group's instruments include the erhu, the di, the pipa, the guzheng, the yangqin, and the ruan.
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The group's instruments include the erhu, the di, the pipa, the guzheng, the yangqin, and the ruan.
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The group's instruments include the erhu, the di, the pipa, the guzheng, the yangqin, and the ruan.
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The group's instruments include the erhu, the di, the pipa, the guzheng, the yangqin, and the ruan.
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The group's instruments include the erhu, the di, the pipa, the guzheng, the yangqin, and the ruan.
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The group's instruments include the erhu, the di, the pipa, the guzheng, the yangqin, and the ruan.
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