Rizhao

See also: rìzhào and Rìzhào

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 日照 (Rìzhào).

Proper noun

Rizhao

  1. A city in southeastern Shandong, China.
    • [1963, Purcell, Victor, “The reappearance of the Boxers”, in The Boxer Uprising, A Background Study‎, Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 178:
      In March 1899 three Germans prospecting near Jihchao in southern Shantung were attacked by a mob and narrowly escaped with their lives.]
    • [2003, Laidler, Keith, “Self-strengthening”, in The Last Empress: The She-Dragon of China‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 204:
      The first indication of the melon’s new determination to resist further slicing came in March 1899, when three Germans were attacked by villagers near the town of Jihchao in Shandong Province, close to their military base of Kiaochow. Characteristically, German troops responded by immediately invading the area, where they burned two villages and seized Jihchao.]

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