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Tachienlu

Tachienlu proper noun: synonym of Kangding.

Proper noun

Tachienlu

  1. (dated) Synonym of Kangding.
    • After staying at Tachienlu for a time the Russians are sold to have turned on their tracks and again gone into the inhospitable land of the lamas. Now again a report is rife that they are in trouble with the Tibetans and the chief officials from Tachienlu have gone in to their aid.1901 June 10, “The Russ̀ians in Szechuan—In Trouble with the Tibetans”, in The Bombay Gazette, page 6
    • It is in the plains surrounding Ya-chou that the inferior tea which is considered good enough for the Tibetan market is grown, and from here it is carried in long, narrow bundles on the backs of coolies to Tachienlu. There it is cut into cakes or bricks, packed in yak-hides, and carried by Tibetans...1908, R. F. Johnson, From Peking to Mandalay: A Journey from North China to Burma Through Tibetan Ssuchʻuan and Yunnan, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, page 114
    Synonyms:
    Kangding

Synonyms of Tachienlu

Origin of Tachienlu

Borrowed from Mandarin 打箭爐／打箭炉 (Dǎjiànlú).

Questions about Tachienlu

What does Tachienlu mean?
Tachienlu means synonym of Kangding.
What part of speech is Tachienlu?
Tachienlu is a proper noun.

Words near Tachienlu in the dictionary

  1. tachi-seki
  2. tachiai
  3. Tachibana
  4. tachibana orange
  5. tachibana oranges
  6. Tachienlu
  7. Tachikawa
  8. Tachileik
  9. tachimochi
  10. tachina
  11. tachina flies

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