dasi

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1. A town in Xiqing district, Tianjin, China.

   “The rain, which started on Wednesday evening, hit the northern part of the city the hardest. Dasi township in the suburban Xiqing district was the worst-affected area, receiving 34.5 centimeters of rain, according to the Tianjin Meteorological Bureau.”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Daxi.

   “DASI, Taiwan - The two black marble sarcophagi sit in similar mausoleums less than a mile apart, each a one-story building of house size arranged around a tiny, grassy courtyard in a wooded valley an hour's drive southwest of Taipei.”

   “At Cihhu (Cihu), near the town of Dasi (Daxi), 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is “temporary,” as before his death Chiang had requested his body be returned to his native province of Zhejiang in mainland China.”

   “Chao and the Fong Fei-fei Charity Foundation might seek legal action for unlicensed use of her name, he said. The comments come after the grand opening of the Fong Fei-fei Story House in the singer’s native Dasi District (大溪). The event, held by the Tokoham Culture and Education Foundation, was attended by Taoyuan Deputy Mayor Kao An-pang (高安邦) and Fong’s brother, Lin Yu-nung (林語農).”

   “Originally organized by the Taoyuan Tofu Merchants’ Association to celebrate Dasi District’s (大溪) famous bean curd industry, the city government has since 2015 helped to run the annual festival.”