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Both boys as well as the Rabbi wore yarmulkes and tsi-zit.
Roger Friedman: Helen Thomas Story Hasn't Happened in Mainstream Press Roger Friedman 2010
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Siniperca chua-tsi endemic to Khanka, Ussuri and Amur
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Yen Ssu-tsi. brought 3,000 chinese immigrants over to Taiwan in 1621.
Archive 2006-08-01 Michael Turton 2006
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Yen Ssu-tsi. brought 3,000 chinese immigrants over to Taiwan in 1621.
July Meet Up Summary Michael Turton 2006
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A tsi tsi fly will go up my place and give me trouble.
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Although I find pinyin much easier to pronounce and remember, you do need something like Wade-Giles for historical linguistic purposes, so that you can distinguish ki and tsi.
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Chinese call themselves lao-tsi-sing — the Ancient One Hundred Names.
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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The Miao-tsi -- the men of the hills and the serfs of the landlords, who four thousand years ago were a powerful race in their own kingdom -- became the tenants of the Nou-su, whose rule is still marked by the grossest infamy possible to be practiced on the human race.
Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926
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(Earth), Tai Miao (the great temple of ancestors) and Shieh-tsi (gods of the land and grain); (2) the medium sacrifices, an homage to the sun, the moon, the names of emperors and kings of foreign dynasties,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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Tibetans from the interior, Ja-si had had a Fan-tsi wife, and so was perfect in his manner towards them, while Ga-chuen-tsi was more at ease with the Mongols, which probably accounted for his cheerful, smooth manner.
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