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Dazu

Syllables: Da·zu

Dazu proper noun: a district of Chongqing, China.

Proper noun

Dazu

  1. A district of Chongqing, China.
    • Similarly there had been a break in the supply of small hardware from Tatsu county to its traditional markets in Tahsien, Mienyang, and Wenchiang, which was now restored as a result of the exchange fair.[1967, Gargi Dutt, “Recent Developments, 1963-64”, in Rural Communes in China, Organizational Problems, New York: Asia Publishing House, →OCLC, page 174
    • A new chapter in the study of Chinese sculpture in the Sung Dynasty opened with the discovery of the Mai-chi-shan caves already referred to and the publication of a little-known sculptured cliff at Ta-tsu in Szechwan, dating chiefly from the Sung. The lively realism of the Ta-tsu high relief...[1973, Michael Sullivan, “Sung Dynasty (960-1279)”, in Chinese Art: Recent Discoveries, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 31

Examples of Dazu in a sentence

  • Emei Shan is one of Buddhism’s four sacred mountains, while Baoding Shan (Precious Mountain) at Dazu is one of China’s four great centers of Buddhist sculpture.1998, J. D. Brown, Frommer's China: The 50 Most Memorable Trips (Frommer's), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 306:
  • Dazu District is located in the west of Chongqing, 55 km away from the central downtown of Chongqing in the east and 155 km away from Chengdu in the west.2022 March 31, “A Creative Slogan Worths 100,000 Yuan - Dazu of Chongqing solicits promotional slogans from all over the world”, in AP...

Forms of Dazu

alternative formTa-tsu

Origin of Dazu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大足 (Dàzú).

Questions about Dazu

What does Dazu mean?
Dazu means a district of Chongqing, China.
How do you use Dazu in a sentence?
Emei Shan is one of Buddhism’s four sacred mountains, while Baoding Shan (Precious Mountain) at Dazu is one of China’s four great centers of Buddhist sculpture.
What part of speech is Dazu?
Dazu is a proper noun.

Words near Dazu in the dictionary

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  2. dazomet
  3. dazopride
  4. dazoquinast
  5. dazoxiben
  6. Dazu
  7. dazy
  8. Dazza
  9. dazzle
  10. dazzle camouflage
  11. dazzle painting

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