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Hsiang

[ shyahng ]

noun

  1. a Chinese language spoken in Hunan province in southern China.


Hsiang

/ ʃjɑːŋ /

noun

  1. See Xiang
    a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Xiang


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Hsiang and his colleagues have estimated, for example, that Hurricane Maria set back Puerto Rico’s prosperity by more than two decades.

“It is important to emphasize that many behaviors, such as wearing masks, washing hands and providing services outdoors, reduce transmission,” Hsiang said.

After accounting for that, Hsiang’s team greatly upped its estimate of the true number of infections avoided.

Adding to the problem, Hsiang notes, schools were already closed in some places when the collection of data used in the study began.

A man of the village of Ta-hsiang said, The great Confucius, with his vast learning, has made no name in anything.

Of these the first is known as the “box plan,” (hsiang-tzŭ), and it is not so much cramming, as padding.

At the final examination for his degree in 1256, Wn Tien-hsiang had been placed seventh on the list.

Their descendants will overshadow the land, and all the country beyond Hsiang-shan will become a kingdom of devils.

Hsiang-Chih possibly represents a name beginning with Gandha, but I can neither find nor suggest any identification.

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