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  • "The word for shoes, 'xie', has the same sound as the word for something evil, so if you buy shoes it is like you are buying misfortune," Zhang said.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • "The word for shoes, 'xie', has the same sound as the word for something evil, so if you buy shoes it is like you are buying misfortune," Zhang said.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Large military units such as zhen, xie, and ying were put in urban cities while many small military posts such as xun, tang, guan, shao, and ka (referred together as xun-tang), were set up in the remote mountainous areas.

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

  • “He xie yu zhou” pronounced huh shyeh yü joe means harmonize universes.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

  • “He xie yu zhou” pronounced huh shyeh yü joe means harmonize universes.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

  • In the beginning, there was one xie in Yuanjiang with one thousand soldiers, but the force was too small to control the area; later, one ying was created in Puwei with 1,400 soldiers, but this was still not enough for this vast area consisting of Puer, Zhenyuan, Weiyuan, and Enle, where gaitu guiliu had recently been launched.

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

  • “He xie yu zhou” pronounced huh shyeh yü joe means harmonize universes.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

  • Such forms asco, xie, per, anden abound in science fiction, where gender is frequently bent, and they pop up with some regularity in online transgender discussion groups, where the traditional masculine and feminine pronouns are out of place.

    the quest for a gender neutral pronoun | clusterflock 2010

  • In between bites of Peking duck dipped in sugar, learning that xie xie means "thank you," and trying to squeeze time in his schedule to go shark's fin shopping, Mr. Acar found time to talk to Amy Ma in Hong Kong.

    What the Ritz in Paris Is Putting on for Chinese Tourists 2010

  • “He xie yu zhou” pronounced huh shyeh yü joe means harmonize universes.

    Tao II Dr. 2010

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