taishan

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10
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10
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7

Definition of taishan

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

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  1. A county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
    “The Chinese Communist power struggle has not benefited the people. The following verse started circulating in the Taishan area near Canton not long ago.”
    “According to the court, Fan Wei and Wu conspired to manufacture and sell the drugs in 2012, and brought the others — described as “drug-making technicians” — on board. Between July and November of that year, the court says, the group set up a “den” in Guangdong’s Taishan city, where they produced and sold more than 63 kilograms of methamphetamine and 365.9 grams of dimethyl amphetamine.”
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  1. A county-level city of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
    “The Chinese Communist power struggle has not benefited the people. The following verse started circulating in the Taishan area near Canton not long ago.”
    “According to the court, Fan Wei and Wu conspired to manufacture and sell the drugs in 2012, and brought the others — described as “drug-making technicians” — on board. Between July and November of that year, the court says, the group set up a “den” in Guangdong’s Taishan city, where they produced and sold more than 63 kilograms of methamphetamine and 365.9 grams of dimethyl amphetamine.”
  2. A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.

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Etymology

From Mandarin 臺山 /台山 (Táishān).

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