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from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviation of the Latin unguentum, ointment.
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Used as a medicine for babies.) • See also EXHAUSTED • mit'ung'-¬iqiwhich [= 'its leaf-is forked
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L'ung's virtual companion was a shining green turtle resting on a rock in a muddy river.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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The dog bones pay me nothing but my keep and my food and chief wife Ch'ung's a maggot-mouthed hag but soon I'll be rid of all of them!
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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The dog bones pay me nothing but my keep and my food and chief wife Ch'ung's a maggot-mouthed hag but soon I'll be rid of all of them!
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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Hsü Ch'ung's palm with the oil of sesame ground together with safflower. 26
Lives of the Nuns 1972
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Pao-yü's intention was to there and then give orders to the servant to warm some white wine and to ask them for a few 'Li-T'ung' pills compounded with goat's blood, but Hsi Jen clasped his hand tight.
Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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"Have you been recently to Ch'in Ch'ung's grave?" he inquired of him.
Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books Xueqin Cao
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Many Huns in Liu Ts'ung's dominion found Shih Lo's method of rule more to their taste than living in a state ruled by officials, and they went over to Shih Lo and joined him in breaking entirely with Liu Ts'ung.
A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949
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Jung Chao-tsu.p. 104: Wang Ch'ung's importance has recently been mentioned again by J.Needham. p. 105: These "court poets" have their direct parallel in Western Asia.
A History of China Wolfram Eberhard 1949
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We learn, however, from Wang Ch'ung's _Lun Hêng_ that in the first century B.C., when Buddhism was not yet introduced into China, the 'Thunderer' was represented as a strong man, not as a bird, with one hand dragging
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