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  2. Fierce-fire Oil Cabinet - Wikipedia

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    In the Battle of Langshan Jiang (Wolf Mountain River), the Wuyue fleet under Qian Chuanguan brought with them more than 500 dragon-like battleships and used "fire oil" to burn the enemy fleet. It was a great victory and they destroyed more than 400 enemy ships as well as capturing more than 7,000 men.

  3. Pinyin - Wikipedia

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    Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. In official documents, it is referred to as the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet . Hanyu ( 汉语 ; 漢語 ) literally means ' Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while pinyin literally means 'spelled sounds'.

  4. Tanghulu - Wikipedia

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    Song Guangzong Chinese haw Strawberry bingtang hulu. Tanghulu (/ t ɑː ŋ ˈ h uː l uː / ⓘ) or tang hulu (traditional Chinese: 糖葫蘆; simplified Chinese: 糖葫芦; pinyin: táng húlu; lit. 'sugar calabash'), also called bingtang hulu (冰糖葫蘆; 冰糖葫芦; bīngtáng húlu; 'rock-sugar calabash'), is a traditional Chinese snack consisting of several rock sugar coated fruits of ...

  5. Shuidiao Getou - Wikipedia

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    Pinyin Jyutping Explanation 1. 水調歌頭: shuǐdiào gētóu: seoi2diu6 go1tau4 The name of a tune. 2. 丙辰: bǐngchén: bing2san4 the ninth year of the reign of Song Emperor Shenzong (1076 C.E.), when Su Shi served as magistrate in Mi Prefecture, present-day Zhucheng county-level city in Shandong Province. 3. 中秋: zhōngqiū: zung1cau1

  6. The Wandering Songstress - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The song was sung by Zhou Xuan in the film, playing the role of Xiao Hong. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is one of the most notable of the Chinese popular songs from the 30s and 40s, and has been described as a song that has "a lingering fame" in China like " As Time Goes By " from the 1942 film Casablanca in the United States. [ 5 ]

  7. History of YouTube - Wikipedia

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    A similar feature called "YouTube Radio" for continuous music playback in resemblance to radio stations was tested in February 2015. [149] Since approximately July 9, 2013, the first page of videos' comment section is no longer included in the watch page's static HTML source code, but instead loaded subsequently through AJAX. [150]

  8. Taijitu - Wikipedia

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    In Chinese philosophy, a taijitu (Chinese: 太極圖; pinyin: tàijítú; Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴chi²tʻu²) is a symbol or diagram (圖; tú) representing taiji (太極; tàijí; 'utmost extreme') in both its monist and its dualist (yin and yang) forms in application is a deductive and inductive theoretical model.

  9. Kaifeng Jews - Wikipedia

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    Its strategic importance and wealth were recognized by successive dynastic powers over the period 905–959, such as the Liang (who gave it its present name), Jin, Later Han and Later Zhou who all made it their capital, as did the Northern Song when they unified the empire, until the city was conquered by the Jurchen in 1127.