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Red China
Red China n (Placename) an unofficial name for (the People's Republic of) China chi•na (ˈtʃaɪ nə)
n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, orig. imported from China; porcelain. 2. any porcelain or ceramic tableware. 3. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material collectively. [1645–55; by ellipsis from chinaware] Chi•na (ˈtʃaɪ nə)
n. 1. People's Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,246,871,951; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Taiwan. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the worldCathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRCacupuncture, stylostixis - treatment of pain or disease by inserting the tips of needles at specific points on the skinacupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the bodyChinese Revolution - the republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China; 1911-1912Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China - a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in widthyang - the bright positive masculine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "yin and yang together produce everything that comes into existence"yin - the dark negative feminine principle in Chinese dualistic cosmology; "the interaction of yin and yang maintains the harmony of the universe"feng shui - rules in Chinese philosophy that govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to patterns of yin and yang and the flow of energy (qi); the favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into consideration in designing and siting buildings and graves and furnitureChinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing systemSino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language - the family of tonal languages spoken in eastern AsiaCultural Revolution, Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution - a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965 and carried out largely by the Red Guard; intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaosdim sum - traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portionsfortune cookie - thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paperbrown sauce, Chinese brown sauce - a sauce based on soy sauceegg foo yong, egg fu yung - omelet containing onions and celery and chopped meat or fishegg roll, spring roll - minced vegetables and meat wrapped in a pancake and friedRed Guard - a radical political movement by Chinese youths who espoused Maoist principlesfalun gong - a spiritual movement that began in China in the latter half of the 20th century and is based on Buddhist and Taoist teachings and practicesManchuria - a region in northeastern ChinaBeijing, capital of Red China, Peiping, Peking - capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China; 2nd largest Chinese cityChongqing, Chungking - a city in south-central China on the Chang Jiang; a commercial center for western ChinaCanton, Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow - a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water portGansu, Gansu province, Kansu - a province in north-central China; formerly part of the Silk Road to Turkistan and India and PersiaHebei, Hebei province, Hopeh, Hopei - a populous province in northeastern ChinaHunan, Hunan province - a province in southeastern central China between the Nan Ling mountains and the Chang Jiang; noted for its timber and valuable mineral resourcesSichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan, Szechwan province - a populous province of south central ChinaYunnan, Yunnan province - a province of southern ChinaLuda, Luta - an industrial conurbation in northeastern China on the southern end of the Liaodong Peninsula; it now includes the cities of Dalian and LushunDairen, Dalian, Talien - a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of LudaLoyang, Luoyang - a city in east central China; the capital of ancient China during several dynastiesLushun, Port Arthur - a major port city in northeastern China on the Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of LudaHangchow, Hangzhou - a city of eastern China on Hangzhou Bay; regarded by Marco Polo as the finest city in the worldNanchang, Nan-chang - a walled city in southeastern China on the Gan JiangNanning, Nan-ning - an industrial city in southern ChinaNanjing, Nanking - a city in eastern China on the Yangtze River; a former capital of China; the scene of a Japanese massacre in the 1930sShanghai - the largest city of China; located in the east on the Pacific; one of the largest ports in the worldFengtien, Moukden, Mukden, Shenyang - a city in northeastern ChinaTaiyuan - an ancient city in northeastern China noted for coal mining and steel production |
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