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jin
/d͡ʒɪn/
name 22noun 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
against, far
VERB + JIN
located, written
JIN + NOUN
quanzhou, river
PREP.
on
ADV.
certainly
Definitions
noun
1
Alternative spelling of jinn.
Each grasped a musket in one hand and searched for his hijab with the other, for each carried several of these amulets, and that in demand this night was the one written against the jin, for certainly none but a jin could have done this thing.
noun
1
A portion of dead wood on a branch or at the top of the trunk of a bonsai tree, whether formed naturally or deliberately to suggest age and hardship.
name
1
A river (晉水) in Shanxi Province, China, emptying into the Fen River.
2
A marchland (c. 1046–677 BC) and duchy (677–376 BC) of the Zhou Kingdom around the river.
3
A Chinese surname.
4
A titular principality of the Wei Empire (est. AD 264) and other later Chinese states.
5
An empire in China (AD 265–420) established by Sima Yan's overthrow of the Wei and replaced by barbarian conquerors in the north and Liu Yu's Song Empire in the south.
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Each grasped a musket in one hand and searched for his hijab with the other, for each carried several of these amulets, and that in demand this night was the one written against the jin, for certainly
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Between 1946 and 1948 in the ruins of the foundations of Quanzhou’s South Gate Tower and southern wall we excavated more that twenty large white gravestones, inscribed in Arabic on both sides. They ob
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Wang Feng and I made our way to the world’s former greatest harbour. It is to the west of the city on the Jin River, and far enough inland from Quanzhou Bay to be reasonably safe from typhoons.
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Located on the Jin River, Quanzhou was China’s principal port during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
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