lü-shun
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Lüshun.
Example Sentences
- "An epidemic of the disease started in Lü-shun at the end of 1927 and extended to April 1928, involving 271 cases with 14 deaths (Migai, 1928)."
- "On the evening of the fourteenth day (September 29), when I first landed in Hong Kong, an Englishman, the former lord commissioner of the Admiralty, Lord [Charles] Beresford, also arrived in the city; and he gave me an appointment to see him. [During our conversation] he generously agreed to help save the emperor. I pointed out that the Russians had a garrison of twenty thousand men at Lü-shun and that it might not be advisable for England to take action."
- "Soviet resistance to returning the railway, which cut through the heart of Manchuria, or the naval base at Lü-shun (Port Arthur) and the harbor city of Ta-lien (Dairen or Dalny)—all of which the Soviet Union had regained after Japan's defeat in World War II—continued for a quarter of a century until 1953-55, despite heated Chinese demands for their immediate restitution."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 旅順, -