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In some senses, kang is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
kang
name 5noun 4verb 3
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4ADJ.
heated
VERB + KANG
ambushed, kill, like
KANG + NOUN
community, it's, pung, pung's, servant
PREP.
from
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noun
1
A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night.
Why is it built this way? Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven. Kang? What is a kang for? A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms, but when winter comes, this is the bed everybody'll be in. You mean togther? Thirty, forty, fifty at a time. All fully-clothed and ignoring each other. It gets cold here you'll find out.
2
A large Chinese water jar.
noun
1
Clipping of kangaroo.
noun
1
Nonstandard form of king
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Why is it built this way? Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven. Kang? What is a kang for? A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms,
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Kang Pung's servant hired the twelve zodiac animals to kill Kang Pung. They ambushed Kang Pung and his wife, Wolnu.
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