tanshui

Example Sentences

• "On Monday, the 14th, after a breakfast of salt greens, rice and congee, eaten in the presence of the Chinese officers, they were numbered and labeled like oxen, and under a strong escort led away southward about 20 miles to a walled town, probably Chánghwá hien, where they arrived about 4 P. M. Just before leaving Tánshui, some of the principal villagers endeavored to induce captain Denham, the chief officer, and Mr. Gully, to secrete themselves, and not go on with the others, saying that the soldiers were villains, &c."
• "In virtue of treaties four ports have been thrown open to commerce, Tanshui and Kelung on the north, and Takao and Taiwang-foo on the W. side."
• "An elderly lady of distinction, known for good works in the British Isles, is the first officer of the lately organized (British) Friends of Free China Association to get to Taipei. A couple of Board of Trade experts turn up to check on the possibilities of direct trade relations (other than those through Hong Kong firms) and are the first official British visitors other than the semi-official consular officer who stamps a visa on the passport of a person wishing to go to Hong Kong, but who otherwise leads a studiously obscure life in the old Dutch fort on a hill above Tanshui."
• "The families are about equally distributed among three communities: a cluster of villages in Sanchih township, the small city of Tanshui, and the metropolitan center of Taipei."
• "You can reach Chinshan very easily from Taipei by first taking the bus or train to either Keelung or Tanshui (Keelung is closer), then transferring to a local bus. Chinshan is on the loop road that takes you through Tanshui, Chinshan, Yehliu, Keelung and back to Taipei, making a fine trip for a day or two."
• "Set in the 40s and 50s in the then quiet port town of Tanshui, the story is told through a storyteller played by Tao Da-wei (陶大偉), who in his theaterical debut has the ability to pause, fast-forward, and rewind the events seen on stage."